Enter to grow in wisdom.
Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind.

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Notes from Wikiquote

The Yale Book of Quotations, 2006, p. 232 | Widely paraphrased as | Enter to learn; go forth to serve. | Used by schools including Brigham Young University, Delaware State University, Tennessee State University, Keene State College, and Oakland City College. | Sometimes credited (in abbreviated form) to Margaret Sanger. | Sometimes parodied as: “Enter to learn; go forth to earn.”

Variants

Eliot considered included “Enter daily to grow in wisdom,” and “Depart to serve better thy country and mankind.”

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