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George Washington

"I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built."

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"I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built."

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"Trying to educate the dumb with a dumb teacher is nothing but washing the dirty clothes in a dirty water!"

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"All that is necessary for a student is access to a library."

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"Math is a hard subject.... - no silence from you and skipping this and going to the next quote, didn't you done this?"

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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."

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"Even the names of the books gave me food for thought."

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"Use two-way communication on oral exams to check the students' knowledge, not their attitudes. Checking attitudes can lead to the slippery area of subjective assessment."

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"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."

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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

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"Intellectual capacity is a precondition for becoming a man of knowledge."

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"It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body."

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"A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends."
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"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession."
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"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
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"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light."
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"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."
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"Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."
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"Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government."
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"War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will."
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"[death]...the abyss from where no traveler is permitted to return."
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