Full Idea
Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated; "As much," he said, "as the living are to the dead."
Gist of Idea
Aristotle said the educated were superior to the uneducated as the living are to the dead
Source
report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 05.1.11
Book Reference
Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.188