Education, n, That which discloses to the wise, and disguises from the foolish, their lack of understanding.
— Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
Education is what’s left when you’ve forgotten everything you ever learned.
— Alan Bennett ‘Forty Years On’
'A' Levels are credentials, qualifications, the footings of your CV, your Cheat's Visa …
— Alan Bennett 'The History Boys'
I count exams, even for Oxford and Cambridge, as the enemy of education.
— Alan Bennett 'The History Boys'
The chief enemy of culture, in any school, is always the headmaster.
— Alan Bennett 'The History Boys'
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
— Oscar Wilde
Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
— Ambrose Bierce
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