Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am read more

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. -Kahlil Gibran.

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.

We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. read more

We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
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Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.