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To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.
Muriel Spark
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Muriel Spark
Age: 88 †
Born: 1918
Born: February 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 13
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Muriel Sarah Camberg
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark
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There was altogether too much candor in married life it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if not divorce.
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Fiction to me is a kind of parable. You have got to make up your mind it's not true. Some kind of truth emerges from it, but it's not fact.
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These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one's prime, always remember that.
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sooner or later I do what I want to do.
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Let us run up debts. One is nobody without debts.
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I have a great desire to make people smile - not laugh. Laughter is too aggressive. People bare their teeth.
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Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.
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The word education comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.
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