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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It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!
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An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.
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Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men,--the balance-wheel of the social machinery.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.
We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.
