Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
No. 97
Apophthegms (1624)
“Another of his sayings was, that education was the best viaticum of old age.”
Aristotle, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 5: The Peripatetics
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“It was a saying of his that education was an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”
Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Aristotle, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 5: The Peripatetics
