Learning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity.
In the original Greek
τὴν παιδείαν ἔλεγεν ἐν μὲν ταῖς εὐτυχίαις εἶναι κόσμον, ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἀτυχίαις καταφυγήν.
Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius
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Aristotle. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 19.
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Aristotle. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 19.
