Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge.

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"Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow."

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"I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it."

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