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    A high-school teacher, afer all, is a person deputized by the rest of us to explain to the young what sort of world they are living in, and to defend, if possible, the part their elders are playing in it.

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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.]

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But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more

But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.

by Bible Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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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.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

by Robert Heinlein Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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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.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

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To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

by Isocrates Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.

You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.

by Joseph Chamberlain Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to read more

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

by Lee Iacocca Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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