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To teach is to learn twice over.

—Joseph Joubert, c. 1805

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

—Genesis, c. 900 BC

Our whole life is but one great school; from the cradle to the grave we are all learners; nor will our education be finished until we die.

—Ann Plato, 1841

The only function of a school is to make self-education easier.

—Isaac Asimov, 1974

Make human nature your study wherever you reside—whatever the religion or the complexion, study their hearts.

—Ignatius Sancho, 1778

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

—Aristotle, c. 330 BC

Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo.

—Matsuo Basho, c. 1685

Education—a debt due from present to future generations.

—George Peabody, 1852

A college degree is a social certificate, not a proof of competence.

—Elbert Hubbard, 1911

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

—Joseph Addison, 1711

Some men never recover from education.

—Oliver St. John Gogarty, 1954

The severity of a teacher is better than the love of a father.

—Saadi, 1258

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

—John Buchan, 1940