If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.

Michelangelo Buonarroti
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When we think we know something, we tend to think that others must not be as good as we are. However, if we knew how hard it is to earn our mastery, we would understand that the seeming ease of reaching a goal is an illusion.

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  4. As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.
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