“He who does nothing makes no mistakes; he who makes no mistakes learns nothing.”
Luca Pacioli (1445–1517) Italian father of accounting
“He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”
Source: The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
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VIII, 52
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Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) actor, director, producer, screenwriter
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James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat
Literary Essays, vol. II (1870–1890)