Noteable Quotes

DO you see a pen, a pullover (jersey) or even a sticker with the university’s name on it? – Unam SRC President Job Amupanda criticising the university’s marketing department for not raising the profile of the institution

AS I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. – Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President (1809-1865)LEARNING is acquired by reading books; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading man, and studying all the various editions of them. – Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (1694-1773)LITERATURE is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the sense shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. – Helen Adams Keller, lecturer and author (1880-1968)IF I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. – Confucius, philosopher and teacher (551 – 478 BCE)ADULTS are obsolete children. – Dr Seuss, humorist, illustrator, and author (1904-1991)ONLY two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.- Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist.From the history booksRELIGION is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich. – Napoleon Bonaparte, French general, politician and emperor (1769-1821) was crowned in Milan, Italy on May 28 1805

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