A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth

To bear children into this world is like carrying wood into a burning house.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

A burnt child loves the fire.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

There's an old saying that a child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth. I'd update it to say the child not sufficiently entertained by the village will burn it down for the spectacle.

Burnt child fire dredth.

Eduquer, c'est allumer un feu

The burnt child dreads the fire.

As children we are taught not to play with fire, not how to play with fire.

If they (children) smash, the flower vase assumes a smile
while turning into pieces.
For a chance to be spilled by their hands,
anything they hold gets spilled itself full of happiness.
For a chance to play with them,
water forgets about its own colourlessness.

4436. The burnt Child dreads the Fire.

The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.