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    The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.

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Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

by Karl Kraus Found in: Education Quotes,
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The world is run by C students.

The world is run by C students.

by Anon. Found in: Education Quotes,
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More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on read more

More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build alot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities. -Jonathan Kozol.

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Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.

Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.

by Robert C. Savage Found in: Education Quotes,
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Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Education Quotes,
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Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of facts. -Henry Adams.

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

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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

by G. M. Trevelyan Found in: Education Quotes,
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