"Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape."

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"Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape."

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"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

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"The authorities of this so-called education take pride in their ship shape structure where they manufacture dumb manikins."

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"Knowledge without education is but armed injustice."

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"Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"The chance that you will become a master in something after the first attempt is neither here nor there. You don't get master's degree by attending school on the first day! Time will tell, so you got to persist!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"People should train their brain by watching films, by listening music, by playing games, by reading quotes. If people do this, I can said from this a big percent from here you can become clever."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"Teachers are mind engineers! Teachers are life directors! Don't ever undermine a teacher!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

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"Collegiate life presents a student with innumerable opportunities to engender personal growth by responding to a dynamic social, athletic, and academic environment. Students instigate personal development by making calculated and rash personal decisions pertaining to what activities to pursue and by measuring their string of reactions to new experiences."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

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"Knowledge is curiosity to know more."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Education is the cheap defense of nations."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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"That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident."

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