“When one asked him what boys should learn, "That," said he, "which they shall use when men."”
Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
Of Agesilaus the Great
Laconic Apophthegms
“Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men."”
Aristippus, 4.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers
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Act I
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