An illiterate king is a crowned ass.

English proverbs
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Poverty and Illiteracy

Driveout poverty
And illiteracy
From the country
Or the country
Will be drivenout.

poem by Gajanan Mishra
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I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

quote by Alison Bechdel
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Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

quote by Hugh Mackay
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Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate.

quote by Jeffrey Archer
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Education is the light of child's mind

Education is the light of child's mind
It makes him literate and disciplined,
Without education in life nothing he will find,
He looks newspaper but can't read it,
It is the duty of parents to educate their child,
Othewise he will be an illiterate citizen life long,
This child leads his life in sociaty like a wild,
He dishonours his parents and troubles them,
Education makes a child a good citizen human
A child is the star of the home and Nation,
Illiteracy makes him a bad citizen inhuman,
Every Nation suffers to have illiterate creation,
Educated child will be a patriotic man and woman,
Education leads a child towards the best motivation.

poem by INDIA Mazid S Kazi
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An Empire Of Illiteracy.....................

THERE ARE MILLION WHO ONLY DREAM OF SCHOOL
OVER ILLITERACY IS WHAT THEY RULE! ! ! !
THEIR EMPIRE IS FULL OF DISGUST
THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN IT, IT IS A MUST

POVERTY IS THE GREAT BARRIOR
RESTRICTING THEM LIKE A WARRIOR
HUNGER AND THIRST -THE TWO SOLDIERS
PREVENTING THEM FROM MOVING FURTHER

FEEL SORRY AND PITY FOR THEM
FOR EDUCATION CAN TURN THEM INTO A GLAMOUROUS GEM
PRISE OPEN THE OBSTRUCTING BARRIORS
THEN, LITERACY SHALL BE GLORIOUS

poem by Sushma Ambekar
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I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.

quote by Tom T. Hall
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Right to education

Right to education
Is a right to live,
Without education we spontaneousy get
A right to die,
Not physically but morally,
Illiteracy is our moral death,
For being illiterate we can't even talk life,
Education is a soul rests
In the body of human being,
So without education,
We are only human animals,
Education takes us to height of humanity.

poem by Mohammad Akmal Nazir
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Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

quote by Grace Slick
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In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.

quote by Ezra Pound
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People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated. It would be wrong to dismiss the importance of roads, railroads, power plants, mills, and the other familiar furniture of economic development.... But we are coming to realize... that there is a certain sterility in economic monuments that stand alone in a sea of illiteracy. Conquest of illiteracy comes first.

John Kenneth Galbraith in The Affluent Society (1958)
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Ideology is a form of illiteracy. Those addicted to it are unable to understand anything other than what fits their pattern.

quote by John Saul
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Common Mistakes

Avoid the common mistakes that affect illiterates and ignorant in the society,
And keep them informed to let them be aware of the system;
From coast to coast and land to land,
And like the classical mythology that derived many status of the life we live in.

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.

quote by Robert McNamara
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Ocean of wisdom Vavroovahana Patra

Mother Vinapanee blessth to make wise;
Illiterates’ become wise with her bliss.
Appears in profound solitude;
Loves poets’ gratitude.

Mother is a Divine Deity;
Is the cause of Earth’s Beauty.
With her bliss poet’s name dazzles in passes of history;
She is a Broke of Delight.

With her bliss poets are immortal on Earth;
Her love is an Ocean of mirth.
Mother loves poets, singers, film stars;
With profound love she contents their desires.

Mother provides inspiration to live peacefully;
People being educated live delightfully.
Provides qualitative education;
Is the benevolent Deity of creation.

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poem by Vavroovahana Patra
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Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind.

quote by Bob Ney
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If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives.

quote by Danny Glover
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Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people.

quote by Hugh Mackay
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Frederick Douglas taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path.

quote by Carl Sagan
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