Apprenticeship

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It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon
Know or listen to those who know
Learning is the kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone
Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded
For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences
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