You May Also Like / View all maxioms
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.
Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
[Sp., No con quien naces, sino con read more
Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
[Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien paces.]
Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological read more
Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.
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.
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
By nature all people are alike, but by education become different
By nature all people are alike, but by education become different
A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.
A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.
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?
Education: A debt due from present to future generations.
Education: A debt due from present to future generations.