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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
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.
O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations,
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,
I pray read more
O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations,
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals, never mind the pain.
A boy is better unborn than untaught.
A boy is better unborn than untaught.
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.
The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.
The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.
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.
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.
The sounding jargon of the schools.
The sounding jargon of the schools.
