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Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.
Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.
Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school read more
Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.
Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself
Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself
What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of read more
What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.
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.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. -Aristotle.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. -Aristotle.
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's read more
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university read more
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has read more
It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise.
