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> [The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/the-worst-education-which-teaches-self-denial-is-better-than-the-best/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

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## More by John Sterling

> [“Wisdom’s Pearl doth often dwell Closed in Fancy’s rainbow shell”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/wisdom-s-pearl-doth-often-dwell-closed-in-fancy-s-rainbow-shell/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/modern-education-too-often-covers-the-fingers-with-rings-and-at-the/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [Like earth, awake, and warm, and bright With joy the spirit moves and burns; So up to thee! O Fount of Light! Our light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/like-earth-awake-and-warm-and-bright-with-joy-the-spirit-moves-and/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [Every man's follies are the caricature resemblances of his wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/every-man-s-follies-are-the-caricature-resemblances-of-his-wisdom/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [Knowledge, or more expressively truth,--for knowledge is truth received into our intelligence,--truth is an ideal whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/knowledge-or-more-expressively-truth-for-knowledge-is-truth-received/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/of-all-the-tyrants-the-world-affords-our-own-affections-are-the/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [You just cant predict baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/you-just-cant-predict-baseball/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/toil-feel-think-hope-you-will-be-sure-to-dream-enough-before-you-die/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/the-worst-education-which-teaches-self-denial-is-better-than-the-best/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [He stands in history as the completer of the globe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/he-stands-in-history-as-the-completer-of-the-globe/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [The ideal client is the very wealthy man in very great trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/the-ideal-client-is-the-very-wealthy-man-in-very-great-trouble/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [Be busy in trading, receiving, and giving, for life is too good to be wasted in living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/be-busy-in-trading-receiving-and-giving-for-life-is-too-good-to-be/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [Man is a substance clad in shadows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/man-is-a-substance-clad-in-shadows/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [Every fancy that we would substitute for a reality is, if we saw aright, and saw the whole, not only false, but every way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/every-fancy-that-we-would-substitute-for-a-reality-is-if-we-saw/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

> [Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sterling/pain-has-its-own-noble-joy-when-it-starts-a-strong-consciousness-of/)

[John Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sterling/)

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