“Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.”
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A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.
This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It is a dangerous and slippery slope upon which we stand when we reject what Solomon called the beginning of wisdom - the fear of God.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.