Quote#Education
Of such deep learning little had he neede
Quote byEdmund Spenser · 1552–1599
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Complaints (1591), Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubberds Tale, line 385.
English (original)
Of such deep learning little had he neede, Ne yet of Latine, ne of Greeke, that breede Doubts mongst Divines, and difference of texts, From whence arise diversitie of sects, And hatefull heresies.
— Edmund Spenser
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