A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
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Who loves a garden, still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps.
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We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
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Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.
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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
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