“To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.”
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Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.
Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.
In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.