Anatole FranceAn education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.
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An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. If two people have the same amount of knowledge but the difference in their understanding of that knowledge is enormous, then one person will be more successful in life. Having a lot of knowledge in an area doesn't necessarily make it easy for us to understand. And having the ability to differentiate between what we know and what we don't is one of the most important skills that can help us achieve our goals.
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