To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
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Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
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Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.
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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
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