Education is a way to improve oneself. Below are some English quotes about education that I have compiled. Let’s take a look.
Excerpts of English famous quotes about education
1. Education begins a gentleman, conversation pletes him.
A gentleman begins to be formed in education and is completed in communication.
2.Birth is much, but breeding is more.
A person born with sincerity and strength will have a higher education.
3.The cask savors of the first fill.
The influence of childhood is the most difficult to eliminate.
The purpose of education is the cultivation of moral character. ——Spencer
6. He can ill be master that never was scholar.
A person who has never been a student cannot become a good gentleman.
7.Teaching others teaches yourself.
Teaching teaches you yourself.
8.Better untaught than ill taught.
It is better not to be educated than to receive a bad education.
9.The best bred have the best portion.
The best education is the best dowry.
10.A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. H.B.Adams, American historian
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Profound. American historian H B Adams
11.Better be unboun than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune. Plato, Ancient Greek phiosopher
Rather than being uneducated and ignorant, Because ignorance is the root of misfortune. Ancient Greek philosopher Plato
12.Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with works, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? Friedrich W.Nietzsche, German philosopher
All forms of dancing must be included in the curriculum of noble education: dancing with feet, dancing with thoughts, dancing with words, Needless to say, there is a dance to be had with the pen.
German philosopher F W Nietzsche
Selected English quotes about education
13. Education mences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of children tends towards the formation of character . Hosea Ballou British cducator
Education begins at the mother’s knees. Every word a child hears affects the formation of his or her character. British educator Ballou H
14. Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. Durant, American historian
Education is a process of gradually discovering one's ignorance. American historian Durant
15.Educaton does not mean teaching people to kow what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave. John Ruskin, British art critic
Education is not about making people know what they don’t know, but about doing what they haven’t done yet. British art critic Homeskin J
16. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde, British dramatist
Education is an enviable thing, but always remember: Nothing worth knowing can be taught. British playwright Oscar Wilde O
17.Education has for its object the formation of character. Herbert Spencer, British philosopher Education has for its object the formation of character. British philosopher Spencer H
Recommended English quotes about education
18. Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. George Macaulay Trevelyan British historian
Education has created a large number of people who can read, but they cannot distinguish what books are worth reading. British historian G M Trevelyan
19. Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats, lrish poet
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. A bucket of water and a fire.
Irish poet Yeats B W
20. Education is the chief defense of nations. Edmund Bruke, British state *** an
Education is the main defense force of the country. British politician Burke
21. Education is the tran *** ission of civilization. Will Drant, American historian and essayist
Education spreads civilization. American historian and essayist Durant.W.
22. Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but imposible to slave. Brougham, British state *** an
Education makes a nation easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to manage, but impossible to enslave. British politician Bromham