From my favorite Little Red Book, this from page 81:
Upon receiving an honorary degree at the University of Miami, Mr. Churchill remarked:
I am surprised that in my later life I should have become so experienced in taking degrees, when as a schoolboy I was so bad at passing examinations.
In fact, one might almost say that no one ever passed so few examinations and received so many degrees.
From this, a superficial thinker might argue that the way to get the most degrees is to fail in the most examinations.
February, 1946