Ambrose Bierce: EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish th — Ambrose Bierce

EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Ambrose Bierce

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Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta Porcellus at hi — Robert Burton
What are books but folly, and what is an education but an arrant hypocrisy , and — Louis Sullivan
as much as the living from the dead. — Attributed to Aristotle ; reported in Diogenes Laertius
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned. — Mark Twain
Puede haber amor sin celos, pero no sin temores. — Miguel de Cervantes
Wealth brings a heavy purse; poverty, a light spirit. — Leo Tolstoy
'Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages w — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woma — George Bernard Shaw
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, — John Parker . George Stimpson
Our days begin with trouble here, our life is but a span, And cruel death is alw — New England Primer
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have the — William Shakespeare
Ever since I met the real peasants , every bucolic has seemed like a lie to me: — Jules Renard