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    Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement; this will better enable you to find out the natural bent of the child.

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Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin.

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin.

by John Ruskin Found in: Education Quotes,
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To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. read more

To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure. -Joseph Joubert.

by Joseph Joubert Found in: Education Quotes,
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The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Agustin Marissa read more

The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Agustin Marissa E ducation is bitter but the fruit is sweet. -Lord Chesterfield.

by Lord Chesterfield Found in: Education Quotes,
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Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

by George Eliot Found in: Education Quotes,
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I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.

I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.

by Bob Marley Found in: Education Quotes,
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We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, read more

We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Education Quotes,
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What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of read more

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Education Quotes,
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

by Carl Jung Found in: Education Quotes,
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How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math read more

How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our "pocket of excellence" is that 75% of [American] students have learned to "critique tactfully?" -Barbara J. Alexander.

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