Quote#Education
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living.…
Quote byWill Rogers · 1879–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Daily telegrams, Daily Telegram #1597, Will Rogers Finds Larnin' Spoils One For Real Work (4 September 1931).
English (original)
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
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