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He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to read more
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.
The world is run by C students.
The world is run by C students.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn read more
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Education is not received. It is achieved.
Education is not received. It is achieved.
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university read more
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
An educated people can be easily governed.
An educated people can be easily governed.
