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    There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.

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We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years.

We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years.

by Ronald Reagan Found in: Education Quotes,
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The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.

The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.

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Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

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We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.

We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.

by Timothy Leary Found in: Education Quotes,
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The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed
of immortality already sown within us; to read more

The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed
of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to their
fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God
who made us has endowed us.

by Mrs. Anna Jameson Found in: Education Quotes,
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While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. -Angela read more

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. -Angela Schwindt.

by Angela Schwindt Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth read more

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Education Quotes,
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I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Education Quotes,
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To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it read more

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion.

by Muriel Spark Found in: Education Quotes,
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