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There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a

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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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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