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Impartially their talents scan,
Just education forms the man.
- John Gay,
Impartially their talents scan,
Just education forms the man.
- John Gay,
A college education shows a man how little other people know.
A college education shows a man how little other people know.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and read more
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.
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art read more
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. -Aristotle.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both read more
Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use read more
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.