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"Aut disce, aut discede: manet sors tertia cædi."

— Corporal punishment

January 1, 1970

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Learn, Leave, or be Licked. — Inscription on a large board in the schoolroom of Winchester College. Over Disce are represented the rewards of learning—mitre and crosier; over Discede the symbols of the alternative professions of the army and the law; and over Cædi the "bibling-rod" of four apple twigs. — Cited in: Classical and Foreign Quotations (1904), no. 194. — See also: A. F. Leach, History of Winchester College (London, 1899), p. 123.

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Learn, Leave, or be Licked. — Inscription on a large board in the schoolroom of Winchester College. Over Disce are represented the rewards of learning—mitre and crosier; over Discede the symbols of the alternative professions of the army and the law; and over Cædi the "bibling-rod" of four apple twigs. — Cited in: Classical and Foreign Quotations (1904), no. 194. — See also: A. F. Leach, History of Winchester College (London, 1899), p. 123.