There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which
is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the
very simplest things and, because it takes a man's life to know them,
the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only
heritage he has to leave.
-- Ernest Hemingway
is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the
very simplest things and, because it takes a man's life to know them,
the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only
heritage he has to leave.
-- Ernest Hemingway
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No kidding...
