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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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A boy is better unborn than untaught.

A boy is better unborn than untaught.

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue
and lytterature.
- John read more

Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue
and lytterature.
- John Lyly (Lylie or Lyllie),

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Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

by Robert Heinlein Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive
neck, whichever way the rider indicates.
[Lat., read more

The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive
neck, whichever way the rider indicates.
[Lat., Fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister
Ire viam qua monstret eques.]

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It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing read more

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.

by Henri Frederic Amiel Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for
a madman is not cured by another running read more

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for
a madman is not cured by another running mad also.

by Unknown Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up read more

The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantlepiece forever.

by Virginia Woolf Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Sometimes questions are more important than answers.

Sometimes questions are more important than answers.

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You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we
must not. You will learn read more

You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we
must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn
baseball.

by Charles M. Dickinson Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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