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 Copy Share Image
It is a pity that, commonly, more care is had--yea, and that among very wise men--to find out rather a cunning man for their… — Roger Ascham Copy Share
He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as… — Roger Ascham Copy Share
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,… — Roger Ascham Copy Share
He that will write well in any tongue must follow this counsel of Aristotle: to speak as the common people do, to think as… — Roger Ascham Copy Share
It is good manners, not rank, wealth, or beauty, that constitute the real lay. — Roger Ascham Copy Share
Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning. — Roger Ascham Copy Share
To laugh, to lie, to flatter, to face: Four ways in court to win man's grace. — Roger Ascham Copy Share
Italianate Englishmen are incarnate devils ... for they first lustfully condemn God, then scornfully mock his word, and also spitefully hate and hurt all… — Roger Ascham Copy Share
I remember when I was young, in the north, they went to the grammar school little children: they came from thence great lubbers: always… — Roger Ascham Copy Share
For [the] quick in wit and light in manners be either seldom troubled or very soon weary, in carrying a very heavy purse. — Roger Ascham Copy Share
