WIST Quotations

Mann, Horace -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time.

Horace Mann (1796-1859) American politician, abolitionist, education reformer
(Attributed)

Mann, Horace -- (Attributed)

Dave — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 20:49:27 +0000

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn, is hammering cold iron.

Horace Mann (1796-1859) American politician, abolitionist, education reformer
(Attributed)
(Source)

Horace Mann died in 1859. Earliest reference found is in Mary Mann, ed., Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann (1867); Mary was his second wife. The "writing" referenced is not identified.

Other early references are in Eclectic Magazine, Vol. 7, #6 (1868-06), and in The Myrtle, Vol. 24, #40 (1875-01-30).

Mann, Horace -- Thoughts (1867)

Dave — Tue, 29 May 2012 12:45:50 +0000

Do not think of knocking out another person’s brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

Horace Mann (1796-1859) American politician, abolitionist, education reformer
Thoughts (1867)
(Source)

Mann, Horace -- Baccalaureate address, Antioch College, Ohio (1859)

Dave — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:34:13 +0000

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Horace Mann (1796-1859) American politician, abolitionist, education reformer
Baccalaureate address, Antioch College, Ohio (1859)

Final public address.

Mann, Horace -- Speech, Boston (4 Jul 1842)

Dave — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:07:40 +0000

It has long seemed to me that it would be more honorable to our ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds, to imitate them more.

Horace Mann (1796-1859) American politician, abolitionist, education reformer
Speech, Boston (4 Jul 1842)

Mann, Horace -- Speech, US House of Representatives (23 Feb 1849)

Dave — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:28:47 +0000

He who shuts out truth, by the same act opens the door to all the error that supplies its place. Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.

Horace Mann (1796-1859) American politician, abolitionist, education reformer
Speech, US House of Representatives (23 Feb 1849)