Quote by Roger Ascham
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. - Roger Ascham

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. – Roger Ascham

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A man, groundly learned already, may take much profit himself in using by epitome to draw other men’s works, for his own memory sake, into short room. – Roger Ascham

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Let the master praise him, and say, Here ye do well. For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. – 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. – Roger Ascham

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If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom. – Leo Strauss

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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a months study of books. – Chinese Proverb

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I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done. – Hillary Clinton

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I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. – John Keats

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The silent man is the best to listen to. – Japanese Proverb

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