Education Quotes
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned."— Mark Twain
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Meaning of this quote
Learning often requires discarding mistakes as well as adding information. The reversal challenges the assumption that education only accumulates facts.
Key takeaway:
Revise or release assumptions that no longer hold up.
Origin of the quote
Twain’s notebook, 1898.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe specialist Twain reference gives mainly in, whereas the post uses mainly of. The traceable underlying sentence is otherwise retained.
