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Classical antiquity10 quotes
Behold! human beings living in an underground den... Like ourselves... They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave. — Socrates · 375 BCThe mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchThe object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful. — Socrates · 375 BCThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — AristotleLearning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — AristotleAll wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. — Juvenal · 100All 10 quotes →Age of Enlightenment2 quotes
A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again. — Alexander Pope · 1711Education makes us what we are. — Claude Adrien Helvetius · 1758Old Testament Era2 quotes
Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Ecclesiastes 12:12 · 931 BCHold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life. — Proverbs 4:13 · 686 BCAncient World1 quote
To pursue it is to be human, to give it up is to be a beast. — Xunxi · 250 BCColonial America1 quote
Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750