Quote#Education
Search not to find how other men offend
Quote byJohn Denham · 1615–1669
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Of Prudence (1668), line 225.
English (original)
Search not to find how other men offend, But by that glass thy own offences mend; Still seek to learn, yet care not much from whom, (So it be learning) or from whence it come. Of thy own actions, others' judgments learn; Often by small, great matters we discern: Youth what man's age is like to be doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.
— John Denham
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