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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Genius without education is like silver in the mine. -Ben Franklin.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine. -Ben Franklin.
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of read more
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought that is being educated.
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought that is being educated.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years.
We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years.
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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what read more
The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what he knows. -Laurence Lee.
