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 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), 
 My mother would say it is literally ghost writers
who come to me
(Tan is the author of what became read more 
 My mother would say it is literally ghost writers
who come to me
(Tan is the author of what became The Joy Luck Club). 
To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble.
To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble.
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.
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. 
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. 
 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.