See, the sad thing about a guy like you is, in 50 years you're gonna start doin' some thinkin' on your own and you're going to come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life: one, don't do that, and two, you dropped 150 grand on a fuckin' education you could have got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library! Ben Affleck
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The idea here seems to be that a guy of good education and of good moral character will eventually come to his senses and realize that he has wasted his time and money. In the above quote, the speaker says that a man who is educated is going to come to realize that he has wasted his time and money. While this may be true, it does not make him a bad person. The speaker is speaking from a perspective of truth, i.e., from experience.

Source: Good Will Hunting

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