To seek what is impossible is madness: and it is impossible that the bad should not do something of this kind.
Τὸ τὰ ἀδύνατα διώκειν μανικόν· ἀδύνατον δὲ τὸ τοὺς φαύλους μὴ τοιαῦτά τινα ποιεῖν.
V, 17
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book V
“I was young and crazy, so I didn’t know what is possible and what's not, so I did impossible things”
Interview with Stephen J. Dubner, for 'Freakonomics Radio' podcast (24 March 2010)
Context: Within my first meeting when I proposed to introduce the flat tax in Estonia they looked on me as I am a little bit crazy. And asked “do you know something on the economy?” and I answer “economically, no not so much.” But I think this is a great idea because it looks to work. And I didn’t know then that I would be the first one to see this, but I introduced it. I was 32, I was young and crazy, so I didn’t know what is possible and what's not, so I did impossible things.
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“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”
Variant: So many things are possible as long as you don't know they're impossible.
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth
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