Classic aphorisms in English education

1. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. (H.B.Adams, American historian)

The influence of a teacher is eternal; it is impossible to estimate how far-reaching his influence will be. (American historian Adams H B)

2. And gladly would learn, and gladly teach. (Chaucer, British poet)

Only those who are diligent in learning can be willing to teach. (British poet Chaucer)

3. Better be unboun than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune. (Plato, Ancient Greek phiosopher)

Rather than being uneducated, ignorance is the root of misfortune. students, because ignorance is the root of misfortune. (Ancient Greek philosopher Plato)

4.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, To dance with words, it goes without saying that you also need to dance with your pen. (German philosopher Nietzsche F W)

5.Education commences 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)

　6.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 Yuan Sijin J)

7. Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. (Durant, American historian)

Education is a process of gradually discovering one’s ignorance.

(American historian Durant)

8. 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. (Herbert Spencer, British philosopher)

9. Education has for its object the formation of character. (Herbert Spencer, British philosopher)

Education has for its object the formation of character. its goal. (British philosopher Spencer H)

10.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 Trevelyan G M)

11. Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. (William Butler Yeats, lrish poet)

Education is not about filling a bucket with water and lighting a fire. (Irish poet Yeats B W)

12. Education is the chief defense of nations. (Edmund Bruke, British statesman)

Education is the main defense force of the country. (British politician Burke)

1X. Education is the transmission of civilization. (Will Drant, American historian and essayist)

Education spreads civilization. (American historian and essayist Durant. W.)

14. Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but imposible to slave. (Brougham, British statesman )

Education makes a nation easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to manage, but impossible to enslave.

(British politician Bromham)

15.Every person has two education, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives himself. (Edward Gibbon, British historian)

Everyone receives two kinds of education, one comes from others, and the other, more importantly, comes from oneself. (British historian Gibbon E)

16.Example is always more efficacious than precept. (Samuel Johnson, British writer and critic)

Teaching by example is better than teaching by words. (British writer and critic Johnson S)

17. For a cultivated man to be ignorant of foreign languages ??is a great inconveniece. (Anton P.Chekhrv, Russian dramatist)

A It is extremely inconvenient for an educated person not to understand a foreign language. (Russian playwright Chekhov A P)

18.Genius without educaton is like silver in the mine. (Benjamin Franklin, American president)

Genius without education is like silver in the mine. of silver. (American President Franklin B)

　19.How much more profitable for the independent mind, after the mere rudiments of education, to range through a library at random, taking down books as the mother wit suggests! (John Henry, British Cardinal Newman)

After receiving the initial basic education, for those who are willing to think independently, it is necessary to pick up a book in the library and read at will according to personal talents. What a benefit! (Cardinal Henry J Newman of England)

20.I have long since abandoned the notion that higher education is essential to either success or happiness. Hot houses of learning do not always grow anything edible. (Robert Moses , American state government officer)

I have long abandoned the idea that higher education is the only way to success or happiness. The "greenhouse" of knowledge does not always grow food for food.

(American state government official Moses R)

　21. Let early education be a sort of a musement; you will then be bette able to find out the natural bent. (Plato, ancient Greek Philosophe)

Initial education should be a kind of entertainment, so that it is easier to discover a person's natural hobby. (Ancient Greek philosopher Plato)

22.Men of privilege without power are waste material, Men of enlightenment without influence are the poorest kind of rubbish. (H.V. Dyke, American writer and ducator)

People who enjoy privilege and power are trash. Educated but uninfluenced people are worthless trash. (American writer and educator Dyke H V)

23. Only a nation of educated people could remain free. (Thomas Jefferson, American president)

Only a nation of educated people could remain free. Only a country can remain free. (US President Jefferson. T.)

24.Only the educated are free. (Epictetus, Ancient Greek philosopher)

Only the educated are free. (Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher)

25.Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. (Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher)

I love my teacher , I love the truth more. (Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle) ??

26. The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. (Malcolm Forbes, American educator)

Education The purpose is to replace an empty soul with a skilled mind open to new ideas. (Robert Edward Lee, American educator)

27. The education of a man never completed until he dies. (Robert Edward Lee, American educator)

The education of a man until he dies. Just stop. (American educator, Lee R E)

28. The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter. (J.Agell, Amercian psychologist)

The main purpose of education is not to teach you how to earn bread, but to make every bite of bread sweet.

(American psychologist Angel J)

29. The object of educator is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. (R.Hutchins, American educator)

The purpose is to enable young people to educate themselves throughout their lives. (American educator Hutchins R)

30. The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. (Aristtle, Ancient Greek Philosopher)

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Yes, but its fruit is sweet. (Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle) ??

31. The university imparts information, but it imparts it imaginatively. (Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher and mathematician)

Provided by the university Information, but it is informative imaginatively. (British philosopher and mathematician Whitehead A N)

　32.We should put aside and postpone all other reforms; that we have but one task-----the istruction of the people, the diffusion of education, the ecourgement of science----on that day a great step will have then been taken in our rgeneration. (Leon Gambetta, French educator)

We should put aside all reforms first. We have only one task, which is to educate the people, popularize knowledge and promote science. When this day comes, it will be the day when we will rejuvenate our country. (French Education Love Gambetta L)

　33.What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell and sweet. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist)

What does the name matter? Call a rose by another name and it will still be fragrant. (Joseph Adison, British writer)

34.What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. (Joseph Adison, British writer)

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. What engraving is to marble. (British writer Addison J)

35. You can lead a man up to the university, but you can't make him think. (Finley Peter Dunne, America humorous wrter)

You can take a person to college, but you can't make him think.

(American humorist Dunn F P);