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    I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.

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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.

by Laurence Lee Found in: Education Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by Thomas Sowell Found in: Education Quotes,
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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.

by Ezra Pound Found in: Education Quotes,
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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 Michel De Montaigne Found in: Education Quotes,
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By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Education Quotes,
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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.

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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?

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Education: A debt due from present to future generations.

Education: A debt due from present to future generations.

by George Peabody Found in: Education Quotes,
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