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live and learn

[live and learn] You learn more new things the longer you live; you learn by experience. - A proverb. * /"Live and learn," said Mother. "I never knew that the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

learn by rote

[learn by rote] {v. phr.} To blindly memorize what was taught without thinking about it. * /If you learn a subject by rote, it will be difficult to say anything […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

грызть гранит науки

[грызть гранит науки] {v. phr.} [gryizt' gra`nit na`uki] {literally} Crack granite of science To work hard on science study, learn the hard way. Learn in a university. Learn hard. * […] www.sky-net-eye.com

Friedrich Nietzsche

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. www.sky-net-eye.com

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