"It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience."
-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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