Perish those who said our good things before we did.

Perish those who said our good things before we did.

First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

The average Ph.D thesis is nothing but the transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

The average Ph.D thesis is nothing but the transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism... the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism... the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.

Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the
seventeenth, poetry.

Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the
seventeenth, poetry.

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.