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 Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears
 Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares:
  Uneasy read more 
 Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears
 Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares:
  Uneasy lies the heads of all that rule,
   His worst of all whose kingdom is a school.
    Supreme he sits; before the awful frown
     That binds his brows the boldest eye goes down;
      Not more submissive Israel heard and saw
       At Sinai's foot the Giver of the Law. 
Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
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.
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
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.
 You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we 
must not. You will learn read more 
 You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we 
must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn 
baseball. 
 Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee,
 At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:
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 Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee,
 At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:
  Full well the busy whisper, circling round,
   Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. 
 What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
 Your Latin names for horns and stools;
  If honest nature read more 
 What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
 Your Latin names for horns and stools;
  If honest nature made you fools. 
 Seek to delight, that they may mend mankind.
 And, while they captivate, inform the mind.  
 Seek to delight, that they may mend mankind.
 And, while they captivate, inform the mind.