Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Joseph Stalin

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Topic

Power of education Education

Speaker

Joseph Stalin

Language

Russian

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Soviet leader National leader Politician

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Citation

Stalin, Joseph. "Marxism VS. Liberalism: An Interview." Interviewed by H. G. Wells. New Century Publishers, Sept. 1937.

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Another quote from the 1930s

Success is relative:
It is what we can make of the mess we have
made of things.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
Success
Speaker
Agatha

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Family Reunion
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Family Reunion. Performed by Michael Redgrave, Helen Haye, and Catherine Lacey. 1939, Westminster Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 2, sc. 3.

Another quote about Education

The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic
The mind Education Learning

Author

Plutarch
Source
Of Listening Moralia
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plutarch. "Περὶ τοῦ ἀκούειν [On Hearing]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "On Listening." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Another quote originally in Russian

The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.

Leo Tolstoy

Sevastopol in May

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Topic
Truth

Author

Leo Tolstoy
Source
Sevastopol in May
Medium
Short story
Language
Russian
Time
1855 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Севастополь в Мае [Sevastopol in May]." Sovremennik, 1855.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Sevastopol in May." The Cossacks and Other Stories, translated by David McDuff and Paul Foote. Penguin Books, 2006.