If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.

I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.

I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.

Learning by study must be won;
'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.

Learning by study must be won;
'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.

A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.

A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.

How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I read more

How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice,
Paul, thou art beside thyself; much read more

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice,
Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.