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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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...

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

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

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...

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...

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins

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...

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....

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

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

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...

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

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

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

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires...

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires...

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

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

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...

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...

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he...

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made...

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made...

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my...

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my...