Famous Quotes of the day

“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education”

“[H]e educated the sons of chieftains in the liberal arts and gave higher marks to the talents of the Britons than to the studied skill of the Gauls, with the result that those who recently rejected the Latin language desired eloquence. Then too our manner of dress became stylish and there was widespread use of the toga; and gradually they gave in to the attractions of vices, porticoes and baths and the elegance of banquets. And this was called civilization among those who did not know better, *although it was part of slavery.*”

“It's not just the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

“Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”