Classical education Quote by Anonymous

“He made a blushing cital of himself, And chid his truant youth with such a grace As if he mastered there a double sprite…

— William Shakespeare

“Mr. Young hadn't had to quiet a screaming baby for years. H'ed never been much good at it to start with. He'd always respected…

— Neil Gaiman Terry Pratchett

“He had a singularly charming smile, and it ensured for him, no matter how exacting might be his demands, the uncomplaining exertions of his…

— Georgette Heyer

“Sir, this young fellow's mother could: whereupon she grew round-wombed, and had, indeed, sir, a son for her cradle ere she had a husband…

— William Shakespeare

“there wasn't a damned thing I could say without coming off like a mega-bitch. And it wasn't even nine o'clock. I wanted to put…

— MaryJanice Davidson

“He was, besides, the child of a doting grandmother, whose too solicitous attention to him soon taught him a sort of diffidence in himself,…

— Walter Scott

George,” said Fred, “I think we’ve outgrown full-time education.” “Yeah, I’ve been feeling that way myself,” said George lightly.

— Anonymous

“You certainly are Lord Know-It-All this evening, aren’t you?” “Only when necessary. Otherwise I try not to let my brilliance overshadow my giving and…

— G.A. Aiken

“Marion Quade, the only member of the class to take Pythagoras in her stride, was a favourite pupil, in the sense that a savage…

— Joan Lindsay

Did any great genius ever enter the world in the wake of commonplace pre-natal conditions? Was a maker of history ever born amidst the…

— Gertrude Atherton

“From childhood he had been devoted to whatever was useless, metamorphosing the streetcar rattle of life into events of consequence, and when he began…

— Osip Mandelstam

“[My mother] saw it as part of her mission to keep my cockiness in check. I'm grateful for that now...We now live in an…

— Randy Pausch