Quotes: Learning

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Learning
Learning 249 People don't learn because they anticipate what is being said and are formulating their response. "Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon." Pope. 1727. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Learning 267 The things we know best are the things we have learned rather than were taught. "The things we know best are the things we haven’t been taught." Vauvenargues. 1746. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Learning 268 The self-educated develop peculiar perceptions. "The self-educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities." Isaac D’Israeli. 1795. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Learning 269 What you are forced to learn, you are quick to forget. "That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with…with eagerness and haste." Hazlitt. 1821. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Learning 271 You need to apply what you learn. "To spend too much time in studies is sloth." Francis Bacon. 1597-1625. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.