"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance."
"I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can learn Sanskrit in less time that it takes me to buy a German Dictionary"
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Source: George Bernard Shaw (2008). “Pygmalion and Major Barbara”, p.12, Bantam Classics
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