have out of fondness for your offspring attributed to it quite the opposite of its real function. Those who acquire it will cease to exercise their memory and become forgetful. ... And as for wisdom, your pupils will have the reputation for it without the reality; they will receive a quantity of information without proper instruction, and in consequence be thought very knowledgeable when they are for the most part quite ignorant.
I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.
In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain
It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard
Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you
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