Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A college education often reveals how little practical value it actually holds.
- In plain terms
- College teaches you that it might not be worth the cost.
- What can you take from it?
- Question the practical value of traditional education.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is the degree worth the debt?
- What is the real value of college?
Another view
Many fields still require formal education for entry.
More from Elbert Hubbard
Civilization is one long anxious search for just such individuals. Anything such a man asks shall be granted. He is wanted in every city, town and village-in e…
Permalink to quote #4 There have always existed three ways of keeping the people loving and loyal. One is to leave them alone, to trust them and not to interfere. This plan, however…
Permalink to quote #6 Have I put the matter too strongly? Possibly I have; but when all the world has gone a-slumming I wish to speak a word of sympathy for the man who succeeds-the…
Permalink to quote #3
Related quotes
For precocity some great price is always demanded sooner or later in life.
Margaret FullerMargaret Fuller quote #18 Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
John Kenneth GalbraithJohn Kenneth Galbraith quote #67 'The world is run by C-students'
Al McGuireAl McGuire quote #1