Spend your leisure time in cultivating an ear attentive to discourse, for in this way you will find that you learn with ease what others have found out with difficulty.

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The best way to learn is to listen. Once you start listening it becomes easier to learn. People who are good at learning are good learners because they are constantly listening. They are listening to teachers, friends, family, classmates, and life itself. 

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1. Spend your leisure time in cultivating an ear attentive to discourse, for in this way you will find that you learn with ease what others have found out with difficulty.

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