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    We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyfull of words and do not know a thing. The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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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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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

by Aristotle Found in: Education Quotes,
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Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this
age. There is another personage,--a read more

Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this
age. There is another personage,--a personage less imposing in
the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is
abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the
soldier, in full military array.

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Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Education Quotes,
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Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

by Bill Frist Found in: Education Quotes,
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early read more

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement; this will better enable you to find out the natural bent of the child.

by Plato Found in: Education Quotes,
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Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

by Solomon Ortiz Found in: Education Quotes,
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The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed
of immortality already sown within us; to read more

The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed
of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to their
fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God
who made us has endowed us.

by Mrs. Anna Jameson Found in: Education Quotes,
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