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    'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue
    By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,
    When both the teacher and the taught are young,
    As was the case, at least, where I have been;
    They smile so when one's right; and when one's wrong
    They smile still more.

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Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become read more

Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers.

by G. C. Lichtenberg Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

by Robert Heinlein Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths
theater.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths
theater.

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Sometimes questions are more important than answers.

Sometimes questions are more important than answers.

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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university read more

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations,
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,
I pray read more

O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations,
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals, never mind the pain.

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Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow
destruction.

Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow
destruction.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

by Isocrates Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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