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I am verily a man which am a Jew, born is Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, yet brought up read more
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born is Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and
taught according to the perfect manner of the fathers, and was
zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
There is nothing so stupid as an educated man, if you get off the thing that he was educated in.
There is nothing so stupid as an educated man, if you get off the thing that he was educated in.
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
to contend.
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on read more
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.