“I did then what I knew best, when I knew better, I did better. Maya Angelo”
Variant: I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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Maya Angelou 247
American author and poet 1928–2014Related quotes

His opinion that there was a secret deal that resulted in the US entering the First World War on the side of the English.
Willard Hotel speech (1961)

“I did not know how to paint or even what to paint, but I knew I had to begin.”
Source: CAT'S EYE.
Source: Pictures from an Institution (1954) [novel], Chapter 3, p. 100

“I did not know him, I knew my idea
of him.”
Source: Stag's Leap: Poems

“I know more than I knew before
I didn't rest I didn't stop
Did we fight or did we talk.”
"I Feel It All"
The Reminder (2007)