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Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
It's a dangerous thing to think we know everything.
It's a dangerous thing to think we know everything.
Bear one another's burdens.
Bear one another's burdens.
Practice is everything"This is often misquoted as "Practice makes perfect.
Practice is everything"This is often misquoted as "Practice makes perfect.
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not read more
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not some day be antiquated...to seize the flying thought before it escapes us is our only touch with reality.
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You read more
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning -- and some of them many times over -- what do you find? That you can swim? Well -- life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!
The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.
The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
