Learning, the destroyer of

Learning, the destroyer of
Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.
  

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Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.
The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.
It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Inspiration comes of working every day.
Conflictisn't negative, it just is.
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.
A bad workman never gets a good tool.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.