Benjamin Franklin on education
“The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.”
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Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
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Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
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Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin To cease to think creatively is to cease to live.
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Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
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Morgan FreemanMorgan Freeman I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time.
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Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape.
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