Said to Enver Hoxha, on his visit to China in 1956, as quoted in Hoxha's (1986) The Artful Albanian, (Chatto & Windus, London),
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Stalin made mistakes. He made mistakes towards us, for example, in 1927. He made mistakes towards the Yugoslavs too. One cannot advance without mistakes... It is necessary to make mistakes. The party cannot be educated without learning from mistakes. This has great significance.
— Mao Zedong
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Stalin made mistakes. He made mistakes towards us, for example, in 1927. He made mistakes towards the Yugoslavs too. One cannot advance without mistakes... It is necessary to make mistakes. The party cannot be educated without learning from mistakes. This has great significance." in the context of "Said to Enver Hoxha, on his visit to China in 1956, as quoted in Hoxha's (1986) The Artful Albanian, (Chatto & Windus, London)," to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Mao Zedong" (Quotes, 1950s)
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About Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (or Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles; Simplified Chinese: ζ―ζ³½δΈ; Traditional Chinese: ζ―ζΎ€ζ±; December 26, 1893 β September 9, 1976) was the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1943 until his death. He was also a founder of the People's Republic of China.
About Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (or Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles; Simplified Chinese: ζ―ζ³½δΈ; Traditional Chinese: ζ―ζΎ€ζ±; December 26, 1893 β September 9, 1976) was the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1943 until his death. He was also a founder of the People's Republic of China.
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