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    The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.

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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.

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The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

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If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in read more

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Education Quotes,
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Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.

Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.

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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 read more

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.

by Horace Mann Found in: Education Quotes,
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The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a read more

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.

by Sam Houston Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education: A debt due from present to future generations.

Education: A debt due from present to future generations.

by George Peabody Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

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A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.

A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.

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