- English translation
In any age, learning is worth a great deal.
- Literal wording
Knowledge, in every time, has to it value and price.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying holds that knowledge, learning or education never goes out of season. Whatever the period and however circumstances change, what a person has learned keeps its importance and can still be put to good use, so its worth does not depend on passing fashions.
The paired words for value and price, the second in colloquial spelling, stress worth rather than any literal sale, presenting learning as genuinely precious. Acquiring it repays the effort it demands.
- When it is used
Suitable when encouraging study, defending time or money spent on education, or reminding someone that skills and understanding do not lose their usefulness. It works as a brief closing remark after a point about learning, rather than as an argument in itself.
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