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#2 (permalink) Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:49 am Quotes, proverbs and saying about listening and learning |
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You can listen to it as much as you know-- I think you should get rid of this one; I don't understand it at all. Learning comes from listening-- This seems fine to me, but it is hardly derivative of the Biblical quotation.
And they seem to be neither proverbs nor quotations; they are more like simple statements. Here are some quotes:
"It is the privilege of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow The world should listen then– as I am listening now." -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
"It is the disease of not listening, the malady of not marking, that I am troubled withal." -- William Shakespeare _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach

Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 7445 Location: Yokohama, Japan
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#3 (permalink) Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:39 am Quotes, proverbs and saying about listening and learning |
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Hi, MM. Thanks for your attention!
"You can listen to it as much as you know"- it is... like, when you listen to something, the more you have knowledge on it, the more you understand. How about this, the more you know, the more you can listen... is it weird, too?
How about... Listening to English leads you to the bigger world.? If you can listen to English, you can get more knowledge and information about world. Whew. it's difficult to make such statements.
By the way, amonng the quotes you showed I liked this:
"It is the privilege of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes |
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Sweetpumpkin I'm here quite often ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:25 am Quotes, proverbs and saying about listening and learning |
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| hi sweetpumpkin! i think what you cantry to tell is " the more you listen to smth - the more you learn". it's my understanding:) |
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Laflor New Member

Joined: 25 Jul 2009 Posts: 8 Location: USA
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#5 (permalink) Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:27 am Quotes, proverbs and saying about listening and learning |
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| a little correction: "what you're trying to say"))) |
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Laflor New Member

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#6 (permalink) Fri Aug 14, 2009 17:44 pm Quotes, proverbs and saying about listening and learning |
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Oh, thanks alot, Laflor. "The more you listen to English, the more you learn the world." "The more listening to English, the more knowledge of the world."
I try to say that kind of things. Sounds weird, though. Haha! |
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Sweetpumpkin I'm here quite often ;-)

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