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Knowledge exists to be imparted.
Knowledge exists to be imparted.
 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. 
Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.
Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.
Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become read more
Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
 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. 
 Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and 
mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.  
 Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and 
mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all. 
 He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of 
virtuous living.  
 He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of 
virtuous living.