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.
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There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.
There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.
The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. -Wendell Phillips.
The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. -Wendell Phillips.
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from read more
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.
Education is what you get from reading the fine print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.
Education is what you get from reading the fine print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.
There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can read more
There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship. -Mark Twain.
