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A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life - Elbert Hubbard

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters - Edward Gibbon

We cannot put the face of a person on a stamp unless said person is deceased. My suggestion, therefore, is that you drop dead. - James E. Day, Postmaster General

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln

Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society. - Joan Ganz Cooney

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. - Elvis Presley (1935-1977)

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. - Doug Larson

The only moral lesson which is suited for a child, the most important lesson for every time of life, is this: Never hurt anybody. - Denis Breeze

There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. - Dr. Who