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Quote by Henry Adams
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. – Henry Adams

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American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. – Henry Adams

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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams

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Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned. – Mark Twain

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In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated. – Walter Annenberg

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Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. – Henry Adams

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I was delighted to not go to university. I couldnt wait to be out of education. – Tom Stoppard

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