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    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.

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A boy is better unborn than untaught.

A boy is better unborn than untaught.

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.

Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.

by Martin Dansky Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

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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 sounding jargon of the schools.

The sounding jargon of the schools.

by William Cowper Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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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.

by Charles M. Dickinson Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative
expression and knowledge.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative
expression and knowledge.

by Charles M. Dickinson Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive
neck, whichever way the rider indicates.
[Lat., read more

The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive
neck, whichever way the rider indicates.
[Lat., Fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister
Ire viam qua monstret eques.]

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