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Education Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
- I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
- What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
- The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
- I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
- Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
- "What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"
- In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of…
- If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
- Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather…
- A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
- Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
- I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
More Education Quotes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
- All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
- The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. — Aristotle
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
- Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe