English Public Schools

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“The English winter—ending in July,
To recommence in August.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

“Don’t you go believing in sayings, Picotee: they are all made by men, for their own advantages. Women who use public proverbs as a guide through events are those who have not ingenuity enough to make private ones as each event occurs.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

“The schools begin with what they call the elements, and where do they end?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)