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    We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.

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Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every read more

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. -Sir William Haley.

by Sir William Haley 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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Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

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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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Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

by Juvenal Found in: Education Quotes, Learning Quotes,
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In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is read more

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself

by Carl Rogers Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is the ability to meet life's situations.

Education is the ability to meet life's situations.

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