On the cultivation of learning.
De litteris colendis (学問の振興について)

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Charlemagne
King of the Franks and first Carolingian emperor (c.742-814). In 46 years and 53 campaigns he unified most of western Europe. Crowned by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day 800, he fused Roman, Catholic and Germanic culture.
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Philosophy is nothing other than the pursuit of nobility and goodness.
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Educate the children and it will not be necessary to punish the men.
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Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies.
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To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing.
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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Blue dye is extracted from the indigo plant, yet it is bluer than indigo itself.
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