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A boy is better unborn than untaught.
A boy is better unborn than untaught.
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.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
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.]
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.
The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up read more
The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantlepiece forever.
The twig is so easily bended
I have banished the rule and the rod:
I have taught read more
The twig is so easily bended
I have banished the rule and the rod:
I have taught them the goodness of knowledge,
They have taught me the goodness of God;
My heart is the dungeon of darkness,
When I shut them for breaking a rule;
My frown is sufficient correction;
My love is the law of the school.
