Full Idea
A person teaching and a person learning should have the same end in view: the improvement of the latter.
Gist of Idea
Both teachers and pupils should aim at one thing - the improvement of the pupil
Source
Seneca the Younger (Letters from a Stoic [c.60], 108)
Book Reference
Seneca: 'Letters from a Stoic (Selections)', ed/tr. Campbell,Robin [Penguin 1969], p.201
A Reaction
[He cites a philospher called Attalus for this remark] This is worthy to be up in the hall of every educational institution in the world, and especially in the staff rooms.