The law is a gun, which if it misses a pigeon always kills a crow; if it does not strike the guilty, it hits someone else. As every crime creates a law, so in turn every law creates a crime.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1St Baron LyttonRead
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
Interpretation
What this quote means
A great teacher encourages self-learning instead of simply dictating information.
This quote emphasizes the role of a teacher as a facilitator of learning rather than just a provider of knowledge. A true educator inspires students to take initiative and engage in their own learning journey, fostering a desire to acquire knowledge independently.
Themes
TeacherEducationLearningInspirationSelf-Teaching
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech at a teacher's conference, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of fostering independent learning in students.
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A chord, stronger or weaker, is snapped asunder in every parting, and time's busy fingers are not practiced in re-splicing broken ties. Meet again you may; will it be in the same way? With the same sympathies? With the same sentiments? Will the souls, hurrying on in diverse paths, unite once more, as if the interval had been a dream? Rarely, rarely!
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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1St Baron LyttonRead
Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noble;but the religion of Christ, which is the sublime civilizer, emphatically condemns it. Why? Because religion ever seeks to ennoble man; and nothing so debases him as revenge.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1St Baron LyttonRead
Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1St Baron LyttonRead
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