"That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'ld jump the life to come."

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Solitary reading will enable a man to stuff himself with information, but without conversation his mind will become like a pond without an outlet-a mass of unhealthy stag-nature. It is not enough to harvest knowledge by study; the wind of talk must winnow it and blow away the chaff. Then will the clear, bright grains of wisdom be garnered, for our own use or that of others.

— William Matthews