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Anatole France Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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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.
         



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