Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand.

— Carl Orff Misattributed

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This had been cited to Orff at various places on the internet, but though it has been reported that he often used the expression without claiming to have devised it, the Quote Investigator states that it seems to be a variant of expressions attributed to various sources, but apparently originating in the works of the Chinese philosopher Xunzi.

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Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand.

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