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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. — Epictetus
To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. — Confucius
Tell me and I know. Show me and I remember. Let me do it and I understand. — Confucius
The secret of life is that there is no secret. — Confucius
The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landsacapes but in having new eyes. — Marcel Proust
All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler
The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. — Friedrich Hegel
It is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can’t be taught. ‑Oscar Wilde
So all it takes is finding a good teacher. This need not be a teacher by any conventional sense. The world, time, and yourself are just a valid teachers as a professor, a preist or a prostitute.
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads. ‑Erica Jong
Courage to be the best you can is the hardest of all to find. And the most rewarding.
I’ve yet to find it.