“When I did not know a thing, I was ashamed to confess my ignorance; and it was not until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say: ‘I don’t know.’”
W. Somerset Maugham, “On the Approach of Middle Age” (Vanity Fair, December 1923)
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“When I did not know a thing, I was ashamed to confess my ignorance; and it was not until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say: ‘I don’t know.’”
W. Somerset Maugham, “On the Approach of Middle Age” (Vanity Fair, December 1923)
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