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Quote by Joseph Addison
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. – Joseph Addison

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With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. – Joseph Addison

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A person terrified with the imagination of spectres, is more reasonable than one who thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. – Joseph Addison

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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. – Joseph Addison

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What you have in most education software is that theyre catering to the decision-maker who makes the budget allocations, and that decision-maker has a lot of check boxes. Does it do this? Check. Does it do that? Check. They could care less about the end user experience. – Salman Khan

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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. – Gregory Bateson

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To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education. – Jonathan Sacks

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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. – Abigail Van Buren

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