Horace Mann - Quodid

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Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education; he is thus also known as The Father of American Education. In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives (1848–1853). From September 1852 to his death in 1859, he served as President of Antioch College.

Quotes from Horace Mann

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.

Do not think of knocking out another person’s brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

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If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

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Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

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Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.