Horace Mann

But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he
is ignorant, and it read more

But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he
is ignorant, and it is so much carved out of his domain of
universal knowledge.

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the read more

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of
reflection ought to know something about read more

Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of
reflection ought to know something about the history of the art
of printing.

It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.

It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality read more

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.