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, there is no royal short cut to geometry (quoting Euclid).
1745
E. STONE tr.
Euclid's Elements
(ed. 2) II. A2
V
There is no other Royal Way or Path to Geometry.
1824
Journal
(1961) II. 268
There is no royal road to Learning.
1857
Barchester Towers
II. i.
There is no royal road to Learning; no short cut to the acquirment of any valuable art.
1941
You can't be too Careful
II. vi.
‘There's no Royal Road to Learning,’ said Mr. Myame. ‘No. “Thorough” has always been my motto.’
diligence
;
learning
;
ways and means
1745
E. STONE tr.
Euclid's Elements
(ed. 2) II. A2
V
There is no other Royal Way or Path to Geometry.
1824Journal
(1961) II. 268
There is no royal road to Learning.
1857
Barchester Towers
II. i.
There is no royal road to Learning; no short cut to the acquirment of any valuable art.
1941
You can't be too Careful
II. vi.
‘There's no Royal Road to Learning,’ said Mr. Myame. ‘No. “Thorough” has always been my motto.’
diligence;
learning
;
ways and means
rule
Who won't be RULED by the rudder must be ruled by the rock
1666Italian Proverbs
286
That ship which will have no
rudder
, must have a rock.
1823
Curiosities of Literature
2nd Ser. I. 459
There is a Cornish proverb. ‘Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock’—the strands of Cornwall, so often covered with wrecks, could not fail to impress on the imaginations of its inhabitants the two objects from whence they drew this salutary proverb.
1867
Beyond Mississippi
xxxix.
Let Brigham ponder the lesson. ‘He who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.’
1911
Secret of Quiet Mind
79
Jesus .. is weeping because the spiritual blindness of the people made .. the destruction of Jerusalem .. inevitable. ‘He who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock,’ but ruled he must be.
1984
Salty Words
165
The nautical saying
Who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock
.. means ‘those who won't listen to reason must bear the consequences.’
action and consequence;
discipline
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