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Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.
Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from those unkind; yet strange, I am read more
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from those unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I read more
How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.
By studying the masters and not their pupils.
By studying the masters and not their pupils.
Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.
Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.
The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which read more
The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.
In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
