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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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He who opens a school door, closes a prison. – Victor Hugo

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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. – Oscar Wilde, "The Critic as Artist," 1890

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

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When the student is ready, the master appears. – Buddhist Proverb

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