There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things and because it takes a man's life to know them the little that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave. Ernest Hemingway
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These quotes are from the book "The Path of the Ordinary" by W. Somerset Maugham. In the book, Maugham talks about how we should learn slowly and deliberately. It takes a long time to learn how to do things right, and we should do so over many years and many mistakes. We should never be ashamed to make mistakes and we should learn our lessons from them.

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