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Philosophical literature6 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 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. — AristotleMuch learning does not teach understanding. — HeraclitusA general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another. — John Stuart Mill · 1859To pursue it is to be human, to give it up is to be a beast. — Xunxi · 250 BCAutobiography and memoir4 quotes
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. — Nelson Mandela · 1994My alma mater was books. — Malcolm X · 1965Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. — Henry Adams · 1907I was told that desire for learning in women was against the will of God. — Mary Butts · 1937Historical literature3 quotes
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — AristotleHuman history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. — H.G. Wells · 1920[Education] has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. — G.M. Trevelyan · 1942Biography2 quotes
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — AristotleLearning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — AristotleCrime2 quotes
You put a textbook in front of these kids, put a problem on the blackboard, teach them every problem in some statewide test, it won't matter. None of it. 'Cause they're not learning for our world; they're learning for theirs. — Howard "Bunny" Colvin · 2006I was getting two educations: One from the street and one from school. That way I’d be twice as smart as everybody. — Calogero Anello · 1993Religious literature2 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 BCComing of age1 quote
I was getting two educations: One from the street and one from school. That way I’d be twice as smart as everybody. — Calogero Anello · 1993Coming of age (film)1 quote
I was getting two educations: One from the street and one from school. That way I’d be twice as smart as everybody. — Calogero Anello · 1993Coming of age story1 quote
Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education. — Charlotte Bronte · 1847Commencement address1 quote
Education is... A two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction. — Haile Selassie I · 1963Crime (TV)1 quote
You put a textbook in front of these kids, put a problem on the blackboard, teach them every problem in some statewide test, it won't matter. None of it. 'Cause they're not learning for our world; they're learning for theirs. — Howard "Bunny" Colvin · 2006Crime (film)1 quote
I was getting two educations: One from the street and one from school. That way I’d be twice as smart as everybody. — Calogero Anello · 1993Drama1 quote
You put a textbook in front of these kids, put a problem on the blackboard, teach them every problem in some statewide test, it won't matter. None of it. 'Cause they're not learning for our world; they're learning for theirs. — Howard "Bunny" Colvin · 2006Drama (TV)1 quote
You put a textbook in front of these kids, put a problem on the blackboard, teach them every problem in some statewide test, it won't matter. None of it. 'Cause they're not learning for our world; they're learning for theirs. — Howard "Bunny" Colvin · 2006Economic literature1 quote
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. — John Maynard Keynes · 1926Political literature1 quote
A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another. — John Stuart Mill · 1859Satire1 quote
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. — Juvenal · 100