A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.

Quote by Horace Mann

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To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond...

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond...

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes....

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes....

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and...

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and...

A house without books is like room without windows.

A house without books is like room without windows.

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it every day, and at last...

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it every day, and at last...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality...

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality...

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of...

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of...

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel...

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel...