No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.

Quote by G K Chesterton

Topics: Education Quotes, Mankind Quotes

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

The true object of all human life is play.

The true object of all human life is play.

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to...

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Some husbands are living proof that a woman can take a joke

Some husbands are living proof that a woman can take a joke

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells...

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking...

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking...

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted...

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted...

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity.

Angels East, angels West, North and South, just do your best, to watch and guide...

Angels East, angels West, North and South, just do your best, to watch and guide...

While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The Angel of...

While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The Angel of...

You are the only one that's patient when I fall. Your angels come to save...

You are the only one that's patient when I fall. Your angels come to save...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still...

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still...