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 We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for 
a madman is not cured by another running read more 
 We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for 
a madman is not cured by another running mad also. 
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.
Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.
Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.
 'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue
 By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,
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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. 
 Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
 [Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]  
 Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
 [Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.] 
 Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and 
mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.  
 Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and 
mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all. 
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
 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. 
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.