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Learn and Teach

Latin language proverbs and phrases about both sides of education: teachers and students.

Art [of Medicine] Is Long, Life Is Short

Ars longa, vita brevis (Hippocrates, ancient Greek physician)
Life is short, the art [of medicine] is long.

Experience Is the Best Teacher

Usus est magister optimus
Experience is the best teacher.

It Is Solved by Practice

Solvitur ambulando
It is solved by walking.

Teaching by Precept Is a Long Road, but Short and Efficient Is the Way by Example

Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a.k.a Seneca the Younger)

Teaching by precept is a long road, but short and beneficial is the way by example.

Experience Teaches

Experientia docet (Tacitus)
Experience teaches.