Maxioms Pet

X
  •   11  /  18  

    We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  13  /  16  

There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism read more

There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.

by Richard Livingstone Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  13  /  19  

It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.

It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.

by Alec Bourne Found in: Education Quotes, Fact Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  16  /  21  

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

by Tom Robbins Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  11  /  24  

The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.

The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.

  ( comments )
  12  /  17  

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

  ( comments )
  15  /  23  

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

  ( comments )
  8  /  19  

By education most have been misled.

By education most have been misled.

by John Dryden Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  15  /  23  

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  10  /  17  

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both read more

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

by George Savile Found in: Education Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet