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Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. - Oscar Wilde (The Critic as Artist Quotes)

Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Source:The Critic as Artist (1891); in Intentions (ed. Methuen & Co., 1911), Page 111
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  • Name: Oscar Wilde
  • Profession: Poet, Playwright
  • Born: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
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