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Quotes from The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning — Gilbert Highet

1906–1978 Scotland

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Nobody has ever thought himself to death. The chief danger confronting us is not age. It is laziness, sloth, routine, stupidity, — forcing their way in like wind through the shutters, seeping into the cellar like swamp water.

The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning (1976)

The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best and most rewardingly by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning.

The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning (1976)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gilbert Highet (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.