“In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.”
― Brilliance
― Brilliance
“The beginning of wisdom is the statement 'I do not know'. The person who cannot make that statement is one who will never learn anything.”
― Cycle of Hatred
― Cycle of Hatred
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