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A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Wilde begins by praising education, then makes a claim that seems to remove its most valuable purpose. That clash keeps the sentence from becoming a simple endorsement of teaching. Its provocation asks what kinds of understanding might remain beyond what formal instruction can pass on.
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