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> [What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-thomas/what-you-understand-you-know-and-what-you-know-you-don-t-forget/)

Michel Thomas

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## More by Michel Thomas

> [All stress inhibits true and effective learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-thomas/all-stress-inhibits-true-and-effective-learning/)

Michel Thomas

> [If you give yourself that short little moment of thinking, then you cannot miss it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-thomas/if-you-give-yourself-that-short-little-moment-of-thinking-then-you/)

Michel Thomas

> [What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-thomas/what-you-understand-you-know-and-what-you-know-you-don-t-forget/)

Michel Thomas

> [If you know how to handle the verbs, you know how to handle the language. Everything else is just vocabulary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-thomas/if-you-know-how-to-handle-the-verbs-you-know-how-to-handle-the/)

Michel Thomas

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