Quote by John Updike
The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an

The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. – John Updike

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Customs and convictions change respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art. – John Updike

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Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. – John Updike

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Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours – all good stuff, a tremendous education, incredible opportunity, it changed my life – it was a marathon, and by the end of it I was pretty beat. – James Van Der Beek

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An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home. – Francois Hollande

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If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world. – Heinrich Heine

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