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One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men, who talk in a road, according to the notions they have borrowed and the prejudices of their education.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him