Citations:lesson


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * You should have taught me that lesson, which I will round you in the ears withal: "Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge." Prov.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * "Spirit," said Scrooge submissively, "conduct me where you will. I went forth last night on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson which is working now. To-night, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it."