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"Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of facts."	Henry Brooks Adams
"A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops."	Henry Brooks Adams
"There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live."	James Truslow Adams
"My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it."	William Adams
"What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul."	Joseph Addison
"I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable."	Joseph Addison
"Time as he grows old teaches many lessons."	Æschylus
"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple."	Amos Bronson Alcott
"Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other."	Kurt Herbert Alder
"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."	Muhammad Ali
"I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers."	Woody Allen
"When I was in school, I cheated on my metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me."	Woody Allen
"To know how to suggest is the art of teaching."	Henri-Frédéric Amiel
"Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt."	Paul Anderson
"The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education."	Maya Angelou
"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework."	Edith Ann
"We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; and God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides."	Saint Thomas Aquinas
"You cannot teach a crab to walk straight."	Aristophenes
"Education is the best provision for old age."	Aristotle
"Wit is educated insolence."	Aristotle
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