learn (v.)
Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.
The lyfe so short, the craft so long to lerne,
Th' assay so hard, so sharpe the conquering.
And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.
It is better to learn late than never.
It is good to live and learn.
An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractised;
Happy in this, she is not yet so old
But she may learn.
Learn of the little nautilus to sail,
Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Learn to read slow: all other graces
Will follow in their proper places.
Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men."
