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Literacy Quotes by John Locke
- Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
- The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
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- I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me… — Margaret Atwood
- Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon
- Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. — Joseph Addison
- Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men. — W. E. B. Du Bois
- A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. — Daniel J. Boorstin
- To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. — Edmund Burke
- The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. — William Ralph Inge
- You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test. — George W. Bush
- Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the… — Angela Carter
- Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs,… — Maya Angelou
- Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. — Kofi Annan