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"The academies and universities satisfied Socrates’ demand to be fed in the prytaneum." – Allan Bloom, “Commerce and Culture,” Giants and Dwarfs (1990), p. 289.
"Some misguided men learn the Dhamma ... only for the sake of criticising others and for winning in debates, and they do not experience the good for the sake of which they learned the Dhamma." – Gautama Buddha, Majjhima Nikaya, Alagaddūpama Sutta, Sutta 22, verse 10, p. 227
ACADEME, n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. ACADEMY, n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is taught. – Ambrose Bierce, "The Cynic's Dictionary" (1906); republished as "The Devil's Dictionary" (1911).