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    Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream.

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My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

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A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.

A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.

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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last read more

We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyfull of words and do not know a thing. The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Education Quotes,
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I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately.

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Education Quotes,
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

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To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

by A. A. Milne Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

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