Horace Mann
"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. Horace Mann Children, Means, Books Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery."
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"Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both."
"It is well to think well; it is divine to act well."
"A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated."
"A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron."
"Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever."