A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals, that youth learn a knowledge of the world.


The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Containing all his essays and poems (ed. 1789)

Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals,...

A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals,...

A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals,...

A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals,...