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To laugh, to lie, to flatter to face,
Foure waies in court to win men's grace.

— Roger Ascham

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There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

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Aristotle him selfe sayeth, that medicines be no meate to lyue withall.

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It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

I said...how, and why, young children, were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning.

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To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do.

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