Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta
Porcellus at his fingers' ends.

Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta
Porcellus at his fingers' ends.

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your read more

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is read more

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately.

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately.

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.