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 O, my lord,
 You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:
  The prince my brother hath read more 
 O, my lord,
 You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:
  The prince my brother hath outgrown me far. 
 Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail 
of a calf.
 [Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! read more 
 Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail 
of a calf.
 [Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia retroversus crescit 
tanquam coda vituli.] 
If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
 It is not growing like a tree
 In bulk, doth make man better be;
  Or standing long read more 
 It is not growing like a tree
 In bulk, doth make man better be;
  Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,
   To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:
    A lily of a day
     Is fairer far in May,
      Although it falls and die that night--
       It was the plant and flower of Light. 
 'Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester,
 'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'
  And since, methinks, read more 
 'Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester,
 'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'
  And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast,
   Because sweet flow'rs are slow and weeds make haste. 
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be read more 
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping. 
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and read more
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.