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    The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.

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Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.

by Will Durant Found in: Education Quotes,
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Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.

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Impartially their talents scan,
Just education forms the man.
- John Gay,

Impartially their talents scan,
Just education forms the man.
- John Gay,

by John Gay Found in: Education Quotes,
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If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

by Heinrich Heine Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.

Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.

by Francis Keppel Found in: Education Quotes,
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The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any.

The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any.

by Hannah Arendt Found in: Education Quotes,
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The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure read more

The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction. -Michael Faraday.

by Michael Faraday Found in: Education Quotes,
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The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to read more

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.

by Bill Beattie Found in: Education Quotes,
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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.

by G. M. Trevelyan Found in: Education Quotes,
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