An Ounce of Wit that's bought,
Is worth a Pound that's taught.
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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.Thomas Fuller (writer)
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Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
John Wesley
From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn't mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
Harold Wilson
of how much more passion than reason has Jupiter composed us? putting in, as one would say, "scarce half an ounce to a pound."
Desiderius Erasmus
All life is based on the fact that anything worth getting is hard to get. There is a price to be paid for anything. Scholarship can only be bought at the price of study, skill of craft or technique can only be bought at the price of practice, and eminence in any sport can only be bought at the price of training and discipline.
William Barclay
An ounce of algebra is worth of a ton of verbal argument.
J. B. S. Haldane
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