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    I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.

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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

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Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

by Henry Adams Found in: Education Quotes, Fact Quotes,
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A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

by Brander Matthews Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.

by Will Durant Found in: Education Quotes,
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If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is read more

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around

by Jim Rohn Found in: Education Quotes,
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A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

by Horace Mann Found in: Education Quotes,
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Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

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Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive;
easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive;
easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

by William Blake Found in: Education Quotes,
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To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

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