You can never know everything. Part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of knowledge lies in going on anyway.

Robert Jordan
You can never know everything. Part of what you know...
You can never know everything. Part of what you know...
You can never know everything. Part of what you know...
You can never know everything. Part of what you know...
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In the famous book The Art of War, Sun Tzu said “You can never know everything. Part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that.

A portion of knowledge lies in going on anyway”. This quote can be interpreted in a variety of ways, depending on the situation and who the speaker is to the audience. For example, I have read this quote numerous times and it has been used to convey many different concepts.

However, the most applicable meaning is that one should never give up when learning something new because there will always be parts of what you know that are wrong. In other words, there will always be something more to learn about any field or subject that you are interested in. This is especially true if that field or subject is something new or unknown to you.

The lesson here is to keep trying and keep learning because every time you do, a little more wisdom will become a part of your understanding and a little more knowledge about a subject will become a part of your understanding.

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