there is no royal road to learning
- there is no royal road to learning
Cf. PROCLUS Commentary on Euclid (Friedlein) 68, μὴ εἶναι βασιλικὴν ἀτραπὸν ἐπὶ γεωμετρίαν, there is no royal short cut to geometry (quoting Euclid). 1745 E. STONE tr. Euclid’s Elements (ed. 2) II. A2v There is no other Royal Way or Path to Geometry.
1824 EMERSON Journal (1961) II. 268 There is no royal road to Learning.
1857 TROLLOPE Barchester Towers II. i. There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any valuable art.
1941 H. G. WELLS You can’t be too Careful II. vi. ‘There’s no Royal Road to Learning,’ said Mr. Myame. ‘No. “Thorough” has always been my motto.’
1995 Nature 26 Jan. 297/3 There are well-established criteria by which to distinguish homology from homoplasy but there is still no royal road to truth.
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