📚Marginalia

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total sum

We are the sum of all we have done added to the sum of all that has been done to us. there is no escaping that, not for any of us.

courage to make mistakes

Having the courage to find a better path is having the courage to risk making new mistakes.

oak of experience

The truth, I discovered, is a tree that grows as a man gains access to experience. A child sees the acorn of his daily life, but a man looks back on the oak.

cutting pieces from truth

When you cut pieces from the truth to avoid sounding like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron.

cruelty is a skill

Cruelty is a skill taught not only by example, but by experience of it.