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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead
Education is the best provision for old age
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page - boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught
Education should be as broad as man
A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works, and the education of the will is the flowering and result of all this geology and astronomy
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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
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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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