--- title: "1 Educated Child Quotes By T.H. White" description: "1 Educated Child quotes by T.H. White. Plus more from T.H. White and more Educated Child sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/t-h-white-4461_best-friend_he-unfortunately-for-himself-had-been-be_1633582.png" --- > [“He, unfortunately for himself, had been beautifully brought up. His teacher had educated him as the child is educated in the womb, where it lives the history of man from fish to mammal--and, like the child in the womb, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/he-unfortunately-for-himself-had-been-beautifully-brought-up-his/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/t-h-white-4461_best-friend_he-unfortunately-for-himself-had-been-be_1633582.png) ## More by T.H. White > [“Guenever began to breathe through her nose. 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White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“I know hardly anything about Galahad except that everybody dislikes him." "Dislikes him?" "They complain about him being inhuman." Lancelot considered his cup. "He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/i-know-hardly-anything-about-galahad-except-that-everybody-dislikes/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“Their mother is Athene, the goddess of wisdom, and, although they are often ready to play the buffoon to amuse you, such conduct is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/their-mother-is-athene-the-goddess-of-wisdom-and-although-they-are/) [T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/) > [“but it seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/but-it-seems-in-tragedy-that-innocence-is-not-enough/) [T.H. 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