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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon
A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing
The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas
The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune
Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant
Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators
Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides
The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education
Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.