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.