Aristotle Quotes on Learning

9 quotes

  1. For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.

    #49 II.1103a33
  2. Education is the best provision for old age.

  3. Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

  4. For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.

    #95 Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
  5. It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

  6. It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

  7. The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

  8. The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

  9. Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd rather have been talking.

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