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    ’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for the fact that you are the University authorities . . .'

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No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer read more

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.

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Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice read more

Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony

by John Perry Barlow Found in: University Quotes,
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Don't let the University get in the way of your education.

Don't let the University get in the way of your education.

by Raymond Brown Found in: University Quotes,
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The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . read more

The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those fantasies that surround authorship.

by Vera Brittain Found in: University Quotes,
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In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools

by Doris Lessing Found in: University Quotes,
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The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

by Anton Chekhov Found in: University Quotes,
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If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent read more

If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.

by Stephen Leacock Found in: University Quotes,
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The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position read more

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination.

by Richard Hofstadter Found in: University Quotes,
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Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much read more

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.

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