Jacob Abbott quotes
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“Keep children as much as possible by themselves ... keep them from company, good or bad. ... It will be generally found that the most virtuous and the most intellectual, are those who have been brought up with few companions. ... in fact his mental resources may be considered entirely unknown and unexplored, who cannot spend his best and happiest hours alone.”
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“A child can ask a thousand questions that the wisest man cannot answer.”
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“Every one's abilities may be increased or strengthened by a kind of culture.”
-- Jacob AbbottSource : Jacob Abbott (1835). “The Young Christian: Or, a Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian Duty”, p.303
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Source : A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books
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“Everybody is now so busy teaching that nobody has any time to learn.”
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“Learning (Shakespeare's plays) ...in school was a bit of a bore.”
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Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.
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“I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.”
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