Justin Davis
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“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
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“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing — that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
― "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
― "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
“I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.”
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“Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard
Some do it with a bitter look
Some with a flattering word
The coward does it with a kiss
The brave man with a sword”
― The Ballad of Reading Gaol
By each let this be heard
Some do it with a bitter look
Some with a flattering word
The coward does it with a kiss
The brave man with a sword”
― The Ballad of Reading Gaol
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