The self taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not …

Mark Twain
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The self taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had worked under teachers, and besides, he brags, and is the means of fooling other thoughtless people into going and doing as he himself has done. ✨ Mark Twain (1929). Stormfield Edition of the Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.].: What is man? and other essays
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