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“No man is obliged to learn and know every thing; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible; yet all persons are under some obligation to improve their own understanding; otherwise it will be a barren desert, or a forest overgrown with weeds and brambles. Universal ignorance or infinite errors will overspread the mind which is utterly neglected and lies without any cultivation. Skill”
― Improvement of the Mind
― Improvement of the Mind
“Art is art and life is life, but to live life artistically; that is the art of life”
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“We are all broken—that’s how the light gets in.”
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“Having made the decision, do not revise it unless some new fact comes to your knowledge. Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
“The more we know, the more we feel our ignorance; the more we feel how much remains unknown”
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