Today we are going to be talking about some famous quotes on the importance of education.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. – Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X 马尔科姆艾克斯（美国黑人领袖）

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. – Aristotle 亚里士多德

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ― Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. ― W.B. Yeats 叶慈

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. – Mark Twain 马克·吐温

Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. – Chinese proverb 中国谚语

生词短语

interest [ˈɪntrəst]

利益；利息

passport [ˈpæspɔːrt]

护照

bitter [ˈbɪtər]

苦的

Aristotle [ˈærɪˌstɑtl]

亚里士多德

pail [peɪl]

（木头、塑料、铁）桶

row [roʊ , raʊ]

划船

upstream [ˌʌpˈstriːm]

向上游；逆流地

advance [ədˈvæns]

前进