The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little. ~ Mark Twain
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- Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
~ Albert Einstein - Who begins too much accomplishes little.
~ German proverb - He who undertakes too much seldom succeeds.
~ Dutch Proverb - It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
~ Seneca - He who knows little quickly tells it.
~ Italian Proverb - People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
~ Jean Jacques Rousseau