As all young men must, I was learning the painful lesson that there is no substitute for experience. - L. Sprague de Camp

I must be stupid," I said. "I don't doubt that his talk is full of profound hidden truths, but I find it terribly hard to understand."
Dikaiarchos laughed. "I'll tell you a secret, Chares. I cannot understand it, either."
"You, sir?"
"Yes. It may be that we are both stupid, or it may be that there is nothing to understand. It is a good practical rule that, if a man cannot explain himself in terms that any reasonably intelligent listener can comprehend, he doesn't know what he is talking about himself.

Not even a god, they say, could be at once wise and in love.

One man’s wickedness becomes all men’s curse.