Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man you will learn to halt.

Of the Training of Children.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in the felicity of lighting on good education.

Of the Training of Children.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Of the Training of Children.

According to the proverb, the best things are the most difficult.

Of the Training of Children.

To sing the same tune, as the saying is, is in everything cloying and offensive; but men are generally pleased with variety.