Повторенье – мать ученья
With accent marks:
Повторе́нье – мать уче́нья.
Translation:
Repetition is the mother of learning.
Meaning:
Our brain is built in a way that in order to memorize something we need to repeat it a few times.
This popular Russian saying is often used to encourage children and students to learn.
Other Russian proverbs
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Strike the iron while it's hot.
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В чужой монастырь со своим уставом не ходят
Don't bring your set of rules in a foreign monastery
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Лучше горькая правда, чем сладкая ложь
Bitter truth is better than sweet lies.
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Not everything that glitters is gold.
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The forbidden fruit is sweet.
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Crowded, but not aggrieved.
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Бесплатный сыр только в мышеловке
Free cheese is only in a mousetrap.
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A bad example is contagious.
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