Quotes by John Amos Comenius

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What is a beautiful ignoramus, if not a parrot adorned with feathers?

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Do not run after praise but strive with all your might to act praiseworthy.

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There is nothing more difficult than re-educating a poorly educated person.

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Nothing pretended can last.

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Education must be true, complete, clear and thorough.

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By the name of morality we understand not only external propriety, but also the whole inner foundation of the beginnings.

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The antidote to ignorance is the education with which the souls of young people must be fed in the schools.

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We must be concerned as much as possible that the art of instilling morality is properly delivered in the school, so that the schools may become, as they are called, "workshops of men."

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The memory of young people must be constantly refreshed with the golden rule: nothing useless! So that in everything they can avoid excess and repulsion.

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He who considers it necessary to teach children not to the extent that they can assimilate, but to the extent that he himself wants, is completely mad.

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It is happiness that school that teaches you to study and do good diligently, more diligently - better, very diligently - the best.

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Consider as sad the day or the hour when you have assimilated nothing new and added nothing to your education.

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Thorough and solid in man is only what has been absorbed by his nature in the first years of life.

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He who knows little by little can teach others.

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The mind lights the way of the will, and the will commands the deeds.

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Reading and not understanding is the same as not reading at all.

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The basis of an activity is a wise distribution of time.

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It is easy to follow properly those who go before you without fail.

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He who, being mature, is able to express himself only through words and not through deeds, is not entitled to be called a man.

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Let It Be Law Forever: Learn and Teach Through Examples, Tips, and Practical Applications.

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Without examples you can't learn anything.

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And the tree needs frequent airing with the help of wind, rain, cold, otherwise it softens and dries. Likewise, the human body generally needs vigorous movement, activity, and serious exercise.

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Children do anything with pleasure. This is very useful, and not only must we not hinder them, but we must take steps so that they always have something to do.

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There are children with a sharp and curious mind, but wild and stubborn. They are often hated in schools and almost always considered hopeless, but they usually become remarkable people if they are properly educated.

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A peculiarity of people is known: before any discovery is made, they ask themselves how such a thing can be done, and afterwards, how could such a thing not have been discovered earlier?

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Excerpts from the classics are of great use, and there is always something that sticks deep in the mind and then passes into flesh and blood.

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Studying wisdom elevates us, makes us strong and generous.

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Books are a tool for spreading wisdom.

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It is the characteristic of all living things that they can be easily bent and molded when they are tender, but as soon as they are ossified, many refuse to obey.

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Everyone who was born as a human came to the world with the same lofty goal of becoming a human, which means: a rational being.

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There can be no greater slavery than when a person, without caring about God, allows himself to be subjugated by others in a miserable way, that is, he submits to created things over which he should rule, and defies God, to whom he owes obedience. Oh, mortals, let us understand that there is only one, one being above us, our creator Lord and our future judge: he alone has the power to command us, but he does not command as slaves, but calls us to obey as his children, willing that even by obeying to be free and unbound.

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Thanks to books, many people become scientists outside of school, but without books, no one becomes a scientist, not even in school!

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A student seeking wisdom should love books more than gold and silver.

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Money comes and goes; the only difference is that it goes easier than it comes.

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No one thinks that he can be a true man without learning.