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

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

He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.

He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to read more

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.

Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn read more

Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn to be receptive of that gift.

You learn something every day if you pay attention.

You learn something every day if you pay attention.

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.

It is the worst of madness to learn what has to be unlearnt.
[Lat., Extremae est dementiae discere dediscenda.]

It is the worst of madness to learn what has to be unlearnt.
[Lat., Extremae est dementiae discere dediscenda.]

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;
For he, by geometric scale,
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In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;
For he, by geometric scale,
Could take the size of pots of ale.