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Theod. // refuseth no labor: and labor obteyneth what so
euer it seeketh. And yet neuerthelesse, Goodnes
of nature may do little good: Perfection of memorie, may
serue to small vse: All loue may be employed in vayne: Any
labor may be sone graualed, if a man trust alwaies to his own
singuler witte, and will not be glad somtyme to heare, take
aduise, and learne of an other: And therfore doth Socrates
very notablie adde the fifte note.
5. Philekoos.
He, that is glad to heare and learne of an other. For
otherwise, he shall sticke with great troble, where he might
go easelie forwarde: and also catche hardlie a verie litle by his
owne toyle, whan he might gather quicklie a good deale, by an
nothers mans teaching. But now there be some, that haue
great loue to learning, good lust to labor, be willing to learne of
others, yet, either of a fonde shamefastnes, or else of a proud
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folie, they dare not, or will not, go to learne of an nother: And
therfore doth Socrates wiselie adde the sixte note of a good witte
in a childe for learning, and that is.
6. Zetetikos.
He, that is naturallie bold to aske any question, desirous to
searche out any doute, not ashamed to learne of the meanest,
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