Common Quote by Edward Gibbon

Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.

— Edward Gibbon

“Every person receives two educations in life; one they receive from others, and; more importantly, the one they give themselves.”

— Charles Macalister

“All of us have two educations; one which we receive from others; another and more valuable; which we give ourselves.”

— John Randolph

The better part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.

— James Russell Lowell

The best and most important part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.

— Edward Gibbon

A knowledge of mankind and of things that surround us gives us that second education which proves far move valuable than our first because…

— Honore de Balzac

A man in his life may have many teachers, some most unexpected. The question lies with the man himself: Will he learn from them?

— Louis L'Amour

“People seek a tutor who has already educated one pupil. This is too much; one man can only educate one pupil; if two were…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

— Confucius

When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of…

— George Bernard Shaw

A good education is not so much one which prepares a man to succeed in the world, as one which enables him to sustain…

— Bernard Iddings Bell

There are many things that go to make up an education, but there are just two things without which no man can ever hope…

— Nicholas Murray Butler