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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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I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. – Winston Churchill

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

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Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher. That is, I used to, until she got an unlisted number. – Author Unknown

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