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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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It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike

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For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. – John Updike

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States have the responsibility to create rules and conditions for growth and development, and to channel the benefits to all citizens by providing education and making people able to participate in the economies, and in decision-making. – Anna Lindh

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Education commences at the mothers knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. – Hosea Ballou

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You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. – Tammy Faye Bakker

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The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery. – Plato

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