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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Scholar, Student

A scholar has no ennui.Richter.

A scholar may be beguiled thrice, a soldier but once.

A student has usually three maladies: poverty, itch and pride.German.

Dear the school-boy spot,
We ne’er forget, though there we are forgot.Byron.

Every good scholar is not a good schoolmaster.

Great scholars are not the shrewdest men.French.

He is the best scholar, who has learned to love well.

It is as easy to be a scholar as a gamester.Harries.

John has been to school to learn to be a fool.French.

The scholar may war the master.

There mark what ills the scholar’s life assail,
Toil, envy, want, the patron and the jail.Dr. Johnson.

Who robs a scholar robs the public.Spanish.