Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It …

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Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20), p.38, Random House
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