Mathematical Mark all mathematical heads, which be only and wholly bent to those sciences, how solitary they be themselves, how unfit to live with others, and how unapt to serve in the world. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
It is good manners, not rank, wealth, or beauty, that constitute the real lay. — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning. — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
To laugh, to lie, to flatter, to face: Four ways in court to win man's grace. — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
