Education is all paint - it does not alter the nature of the wood that lies under it, it only improves its appearance a little. Why I dislike education so much is, that it makes all people alike, until you have examined into them; and it sometimes is so long before you get to see under the varnish!


Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope (ed. 1846)


Education is all paint - it does not alter the nature of the wood that lies under it, it only improves its appearance a little. Why I dislike...

Education is all paint - it does not alter the nature of the wood that lies under it, it only improves its appearance a little. Why I dislike...

Education is all paint - it does not alter the nature of the wood that lies under it, it only improves its appearance a little. Why I dislike...

Education is all paint - it does not alter the nature of the wood that lies under it, it only improves its appearance a little. Why I dislike...