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“Little miss is taught by her mamma that she must never speak before she is spoken to. On this she sits bridling up her head, looking from one to the other, in hopes of being called to and addressed by the name of pretty miss.... But if this should not happen and no one should take any notice of her, she is ready to cry at the neglect. But should there be another miss in the room caressed and taken notice of whilst she is thus overlooked, it will be impossible for her to contain her tears, and blubbering is the word.”

Ifs Should Littles Happens Names Speak Rooms Education Taken Impossible Childhood Missing Cry Tears Taught Ready Neglect Overlooked

Author:Sarah Fielding

“Though under-instruction is a bad thing, it is not impossible that over-instruction may be worse.”

May Education Impossible Bad Things Instruction

Book:Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

Source: Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

“It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.”

Mind Persons Country Education Impossible Independent Educated Educated Person

Author:James A. Baldwin

“Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.”

Life God Funny Law Education Impossible One Thing Planets Witty Copyright Copyright Law

Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.”

Source: The Goddess Abides: A Novel

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

“Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.”

Reason Education Impossible Intellect Sensible

Author:Max Born

“Education can be dangerous. It is very difficult to make it not dangerous. In fact, it is almost impossible.”

Facts Difficult Education Teacher Impossible Dangerous

Author:Robert M. Hutchins