“I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.”
Persuasion (1817)
Works, Persuasion
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“I must learn.”
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William Goldman
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The Princess Bride
Source: The Princess Bride
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American novelist, screenwriter and playwright 1931–2018Related quotes
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W. Edwards Deming
(1900–1993) American professor, author, and consultant
Deming: The Way We Knew Him http://books.google.com/books?id=VKBz5RW5yFcC&pg=PA125&dq=%22learning+is+not+compulsory%22+%22+survival%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fcqtUtH0BYbioATs44HQAw&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBjgy#v=onepage&q=%22learning%20is%20not%20compulsory%22%20%22%20survival%22&f=false (1995)
This quote is often cited as “Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.”
“Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever has to be learned must be learned the hard way.”
Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from The Teachings of Don Juan (Chapter 4)
