Proverbs - Virgil - David Dean - William Shakespeare - Publilius Syrus - Walter de la Mare - J R Pope
Practice makes perfect. Mid-16th century proverb
Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art. Virgil
Practice makes perfect, and nobody’s perfect, so why practice? David Dean
Mere prattle without practice
Is all his soldiership; but he, sir, had th’ election. William Shakespeare, Othello I i 25-26
Practice is the best of all instructors. Publilius Syrus
O what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive! Walter Scott, Marmion, 1808
O what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!
But when we’ve practised quite a while
How vastly we improve our style! J R Pope, A Word of Encouragement