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Oscar Wilde

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

Education

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Oscar Wilde is saying that while education is valuable, the most important knowledge comes from personal experience and cannot simply be handed down through teaching. True understanding and insight must be discovered individually rather than learned from others.

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