Sep 03 2008 12:43 am
Posted by David under Blog, My photos, Well-known Quotations
University of Richmond/ WH Auden/ Ambrose Bierce
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
Of course there’s a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don’t take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates. ~Abbott Lawrence Lowell
A professor is one who talks in someone else’s sleep. ~W.H. Auden
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. ~Theodore Roosevelt
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