Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is b…

Hermann Hesse
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Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better. ✨ Hermann Hesse, Sherab Chödzin (2002). Siddhartha: A New Translation, p.59, Shambhala Publications
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