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Bernard E. Farber is now retired in Sarasota, Florida, after more than 30 years as a teacher or administrator at all levels of regular and special education in the Detroit public school system.

"A library is thought in cold storage"-Herbert Samuel; "A man's library is a sort of harem, and tender readers have a great pudency in showing their books to a stranger"-Ralph Waldo Emerson; "A circulating library in a town is, as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge!"-Richard Brinsley Sheridan. This is a sampling of quotes under Libraries, one of over 450 topics.
These quotes and anecdotes represent many countries, cultures and periods of history: 4,600+ profound, provocative or witty education-related utterances, some of historical interest, others insightful into today's world-most by noneducators-alphabetical by topic (from Ability to Zeal).