“6495. An Ounce of Wit that's bought,
Is worth a Pound that's taught.”

— Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

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Is worth a Pound that's taught.”