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Quote by Margaret Laurence
Holidays are enticing only for the first week or so. After that, i

Holidays are enticing only for the first week or so. After that, it is no longer such a novelty to rise late and have little to do. – Margaret Laurence

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In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. – Margaret Laurence

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The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. – Robert Maynard Hutchins

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If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. – Attributed to both Andy McIntyre and Derek Bok

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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. – Edward Everett

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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. – William Arthur Ward

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