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Quote by William Congreve
Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the

Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman. – William Congreve

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Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass. – William Congreve

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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. – Plato

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Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our childrens right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future. – Michael Morpurgo

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My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table I had a tremendous music education. – Renee Fleming

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My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor. – Matt Damon

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