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Do not then train boys to learning by force and harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds
Public instruction should be the first object of government
We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education
He who opens a school door, closes a prison
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education
The pains we take in books or arts which treat of things remote from the necessaries of life is a busy idleness
Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; the cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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