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> [“The aim of education should be to teach us how to think, rather than what to think”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/the-aim-of-education-should-be-to-teach-us-how-to-think-rather-than/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

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## More by James Beattie

> [“The aim of education should be to teach us how to think, rather than what to think”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/the-aim-of-education-should-be-to-teach-us-how-to-think-rather-than/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/be-ignorance-thy-choice-where-knowledge-leads-to-woe/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/from-labour-health-from-health-contentment-spring-contentment-opes/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/some-deemed-him-wondrous-wise-and-some-believed-him-mad/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/in-every-age-and-every-man-there-is-something-to-praise-as-well-as-to/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [How sweet the words of Truth, breathed from the lips of Love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/how-sweet-the-words-of-truth-breathed-from-the-lips-of-love/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [No jealousy their dawn of love overcast, nor blasted were their wedded days with strife; each season looked delightful as it past, to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/no-jealousy-their-dawn-of-love-overcast-nor-blasted-were-their-wedded/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/inflexible-in-faith-invincible-in-arms/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [Zealous, not modest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/zealous-not-modest/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/ah-who-can-tell-how-hard-it-is-to-climb-the-steep-where-fame-s-proud/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/he-thought-as-a-sage-though-he-felt-like-a-man/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/and-beauty-immortal-awakes-from-the-tomb/)

[James Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-beattie/)

> [At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the torrent is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-beattie/at-the-close-of-the-day-when-the-hamlet-is-still-and-mortals-the/)

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