Quote#Education
I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict…
Quote byWilliam Ewart Gladstone · 1809–1898
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Mrs. Gladstone (14 January 1860), as quoted in Gladstone as Financier and Economist (1931) by F. W. Hirst, p. 242.
English (original)
I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict account-keeping in early life. It is just like learning the grammar then, which when once learned need not be referred to afterwards.
— William Ewart Gladstone
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