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    Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers.

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Knowledge exists to be imparted.

Knowledge exists to be imparted.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to read more

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

by Lee Iacocca Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

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We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for
a madman is not cured by another running read more

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for
a madman is not cured by another running mad also.

by Unknown Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]

Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]

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The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up read more

The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantlepiece forever.

by Virginia Woolf Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow
destruction.

Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow
destruction.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
Your Latin names for horns and stools;
If honest nature read more

What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
Your Latin names for horns and stools;
If honest nature made you fools.

by Robert Burns Found in: Teaching Quotes,
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