A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. read more

Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken
within the hearsay of little children tends towards the read more

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken
within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation
of character.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to read more

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training read more

Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training for the real world. Only men of very strong character surmount this handicap.