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 Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths 
theater.  
 Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths 
theater. 
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing read more
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
 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. 
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.
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.
 Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue 
and lytterature.
   - John read more 
 Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue 
and lytterature.
   - John Lyly (Lylie or Lyllie), 
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.