“Educated men are so impressive!”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
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William Shakespeare699
English playwright and poet 1564–1616Related quotes
“Men created civilization only to impress their girl friends”
Orson Welles (1915–1985) American actor, director, writer and producer
Attributed to Welles in Ebony magazine (August 1977) https://books.google.com/books?id=08sDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22men+created+civilization%22#v=snippet&q=%22men%20created%20civilization%22&f=false. <br class="br">Disputed quotes
“Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.”
Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general
Epigram wrongly attributed to Thucydides kept in the office of General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Misattributed
“Men of polite learning and a liberal education.”
Matthew Henry (1662–1714) Theologician from Wales
Acts 10.
Commentaries
Anthony Lewis (1927–2013) American journalist
Quoted in Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court (1979), p. viii.
“Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2007) by James Geary
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) American sociologist, historian, activist and writer
The Talented Tenth http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=174, published as the second chapter of The Negro Problem, a collection of articles by African Americans (New York: James Pott and Company, 1903)
Dave Eggers book A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Source: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
