This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could
possibly adopt them.
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—Bertrand Russell, 1959
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason
incorrectly.
—Michel de Montaigne
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It is better to deal with a whole fool than half a fool.
—German proverb
A little Learning is a dang’rous Thing.
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring.
—Alexander Pope, 1709
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of
danger?
—Thomas Henry Huxley, 1907
***
School is learning things you don’t want to know, surrounded by people you wish you
didn’t know, while working toward a future you don’t know will ever come.
—Dave Kellett, 2011
A child only educated at school is an uneducated child.
—George Santayana, 1935
John has been to school.
To learn to be a fool.
—European proverb
I have never let schooling interfere with my education.
—Mark Twain, 1869
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not
entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.
—Albert Einstein, 1949
Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle
down the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
—Carl Sagan, 1996
***
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About a certain pronouncement of some, in Russell’s words, “modern philosophers”.
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As quoted, without a date, in several reliable collections, including Wikiquotes.
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possibly adopt them.
12
—Bertrand Russell, 1959
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason
incorrectly.
—Michel de Montaigne
13
It is better to deal with a whole fool than half a fool.
—German proverb
A little Learning is a dang’rous Thing.
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring.
—Alexander Pope, 1709
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of
danger?
—Thomas Henry Huxley, 1907
***
School is learning things you don’t want to know, surrounded by people you wish you
didn’t know, while working toward a future you don’t know will ever come.
—Dave Kellett, 2011
A child only educated at school is an uneducated child.
—George Santayana, 1935
John has been to school.
To learn to be a fool.
—European proverb
I have never let schooling interfere with my education.
—Mark Twain, 1869
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not
entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.
—Albert Einstein, 1949
Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle
down the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
—Carl Sagan, 1996
***
12
About a certain pronouncement of some, in Russell’s words, “modern philosophers”.
13
As quoted, without a date, in several reliable collections, including Wikiquotes.
On Education, Reading, and Knowledge
61