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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.
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what read more
The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what he knows. -Laurence Lee.
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism read more
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.
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.
No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.
No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.
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.
