#taught

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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In terms of formal education, I may somewhat lacking. I never finished school. I am a self-taught entrepreneur, that's the best kind there is, trust me ↗

— Aravind Adiga

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Before the child ever gets to school it will have received crucial, almost irrevocable sex education and this will have been taught by the parents, who are not aware of what they are doing. ↗

— Mary Calderone

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I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything. ↗

— Richard Briers

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The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just. ↗

— Anita Brookner

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One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love? ↗

— Marilyn Manson

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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

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The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson. ↗

— Tom Bodett

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But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art. ↗

— Russell Banks

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