Roger Ascham
Roger Ascham
Roger Ascham was an English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education. He acted as Princess Elizabeth's tutor in Greek and Latin between 1548 and 1550, and served in the administrations of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
lying men winning
To laugh, to lie, to flatter, to face: Four ways in court to win man's grace.
children love-is opinion
In mine opinion, love is fitter than fear, gentleness better than beating, to bring up a child rightly in learning.
men wings language-words
As a hawk flieth not high with one wing, even so a man reacheth not to excellence with one tongue.