In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

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You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one.

You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world:...

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world:...

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a...

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

When you don't have an education, you have to use your brains

When you don't have an education, you have to use your brains

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts....

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts....

The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like...

The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like...

A good education should leave much to be desired

A good education should leave much to be desired

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the...

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the...

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible...

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible...

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful...

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful...

The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the...

The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the...

If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman...

If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman...

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the...

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the...

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go...

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go...

In love, as in everything else, experience is a physician who never comes until after...

In love, as in everything else, experience is a physician who never comes until after...

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

That wtf moment when someone copies my homework but gets a higher grade than me.

That wtf moment when someone copies my homework but gets a higher grade than me.