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    In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

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What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative
expression and knowledge.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative
expression and knowledge.

by Charles M. Dickinson Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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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.

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue
By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,
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'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue
By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,
When both the teacher and the taught are young,
As was the case, at least, where I have been;
They smile so when one's right; and when one's wrong
They smile still more.

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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

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O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations,
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,
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O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations,
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals, never mind the pain.

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The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.

Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.

by Charles M. Dickinson Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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My mother would say it is literally ghost writers
who come to me
(Tan is the author of what became read more

My mother would say it is literally ghost writers
who come to me
(Tan is the author of what became The Joy Luck Club).

by Amy Tan Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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