#pupils

It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

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Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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