Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.

Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation read more

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school read more

Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to read more

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

"Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle
replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition,
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"Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle
replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition,
Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."

The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from read more

The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.