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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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An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and read more

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.

by Russell Baker Found in: Education Quotes,
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When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family.

When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family.

by Robert M. Maciver Found in: Education Quotes,
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The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

by Herbert Spencer Found in: Education Quotes,
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High bankruptcy rates, increased credit card debt, and identity theft make it imperative that all of us take an active read more

High bankruptcy rates, increased credit card debt, and identity theft make it imperative that all of us take an active role in providing financial and economic education during all stages of one's life.

by Ruben Hinojosa Found in: Education Quotes,
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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

by Aristotle Found in: Education Quotes,
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Violent can be sound and light
in waking us from sleep of night.
Gently comes the dawn's twilight
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Violent can be sound and light
in waking us from sleep of night.
Gently comes the dawn's twilight
Each step taken oh so slight.

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Education Quotes,
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There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy read more

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy to maintain, but ultimately toxic. Other tool is passion.

by Seth Godin Found in: Education Quotes,
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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which read more

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.

by James Madison Found in: Education Quotes,
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
to contend.

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