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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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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

by Aristotle Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

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An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to read more

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.

by Anatole France Found in: Education Quotes,
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Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

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Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

by R.s. Ingersoll Found in: Education Quotes,
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Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win read more

Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.

by Malcolm X Found in: Education Quotes,
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Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training read more

Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training for the real world. Only men of very strong character surmount this handicap.

by Paul Chambers Found in: Education Quotes,
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A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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

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

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