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title: "8 Learn Taught Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“There was at least as much to learn as there was to be taught.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/there-was-at-least-as-much-to-learn-as-there-was-to-be-taught/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [“I learn. Sometimes I am taught something I have already been taught in dozens of other classrooms. Sometimes I am taught something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-learn-sometimes-i-am-taught-something-i-have-already-been-taught-in/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/man-is-the-only-one-that-knows-nothing-that-can-learn-nothing-without/)

[Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/pliny-the-elder-2838_can-do_man-is-the-only-one-that-knows-nothing-t_783271.png)

> [“One cannot learn what cannot be taught.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bert-mccoy/one-cannot-learn-what-cannot-be-taught/)

[Bert McCoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bert-mccoy/)

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> [David Langford, illustrates the difference between teaching and learning in a little story. He says, 'You know, last Wednesday I taught my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myron-tribus/david-langford-illustrates-the-difference-between-teaching-and/)

[Myron Tribus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myron-tribus/)

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> [“The vastest things are those we may not learn. We are not taught to die, nor to be born, Nor how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mervyn-peake/the-vastest-things-are-those-we-may-not-learn-we-are-not-taught-to/)

[Mervyn Peake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mervyn-peake/)

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> [Go anywhere you wish, talk to everyone. Ask any questions; you will be given answers. When you want to learn, you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/go-anywhere-you-wish-talk-to-everyone-ask-any-questions-you-will-be/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [“Kids learn not so much from what they're taught as from what they do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-s-tolan/kids-learn-not-so-much-from-what-they-re-taught-as-from-what-they-do/)

[Stephanie S. Tolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-s-tolan/)

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