Quote by Alexander Pope
Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tre

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the trees inclined. – Alexander Pope

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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. – Alexander Pope

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My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out. – Dylan Thomas

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One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries. – Harri Holkeri

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The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game. – Jonathan Sacks

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I would like to learn, or remember, how to live. – Annie Dillard

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An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think. – G. W. F. Hegel