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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The quieter you go, the further you'll get.
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Без труда не выловишь и рыбку из пруда
Without labor, you can not even catch a fish in the pond.
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Жизнь прожить – не поле перейти
To live a life is not the same (not as easy) as to go through a field.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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Some to the forest, some for firewood.
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Fear has big eyes.
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Лучше горькая правда, чем сладкая ложь
Bitter truth is better than sweet lies.
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Что имеем – не храним, а потерявши – плачем
We don't appreciate what we have but we cry when we lose it.
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