"What people need and what they want..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard
What people need and what they want may be very different.... Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.
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“The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is able to get his goods into the show-window, and the other is not aware that he has any show-window or any goods.”
“Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.”
“Time is an eternal guest that banquets on our ideals and bodies.”
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“Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.”
“Education is the best way to train ourselves that we will secure our own well-being by concerning ourselves with others. It is possible to create a better world, a more compassionate, more peaceful world, which is not only in everyone’s interest, but is everyone’s responsibility to achieve.”
“To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.”