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A primeira ignorância é a do analfabeto, isto é, do sujeito incapaz de ler. A segunda ignorância é a do sujeito que leu muitos livros, mas os leu de maneira incorreta.
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Students who plainly do not know what the author is saying seem to have no hesitation in setting themselves up as his judges. They not only disagree with something they do not understand but, what is equally bad, they also often agree to a position they cannot express intelligibly in their own words.
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To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.
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The truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time.
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Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious. What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back and put the mind out of business.
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A descoberta está para o ensino assim como o aprendizado sem professor está para o aprendizado com professor.
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[...] o professor consegue fazer muita coisa pelos seus alunos, mas quem tem que aprender são eles. O conhecimento só frutifica na mente deles caso o aprendizado ocorra.
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The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.
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[...] a arte de ler é a técnica de apanhar qualquer tipo de comunicação.
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