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There is nothing so stupid as an educated man, if you get off the thing that he was educated in.
There is nothing so stupid as an educated man, if you get off the thing that he was educated in.
Ask me my three priorities for Government, and I tell you:
education, education and education.
Ask me my three priorities for Government, and I tell you:
education, education and education.
It is the worst of madness to learn what has to be unlearnt.
[Lat., Extremae est dementiae discere dediscenda.]
It is the worst of madness to learn what has to be unlearnt.
[Lat., Extremae est dementiae discere dediscenda.]
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and
mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and
mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.
If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.
Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.