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Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
The languages, especially the dead,
The sciences, and most of all the abstruse,
The arts, at least read more
The languages, especially the dead,
The sciences, and most of all the abstruse,
The arts, at least all such as could be said
To be the most remote from common use,
In all these he was much and deeply read.
When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings,
Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.
When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings,
Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
