“It is right to learn even from an enemy.”
—
Ovid
,
Metamorphoses
Fas est et ab hoste doceri.
Book IV, 428
Variant translations:
It is right to learn, even from the enemy.
Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.
It is right to be taught even by an enemy.
We can learn even from our enemies.
Metamorphoses (Transformations)
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Ovid 120
Roman poet -43–17 BCRelated quotes
“Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.”
Fas est et ab hoste doceri.
Variant translation: It is right to learn, even from the enemy.
Book IV, 428
Metamorphoses (Transformations)
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Source: Literature and Revolution (1924)
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(1905–1961) Swedish diplomat, economist, and author
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161
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