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This is a quote I use very often! As with many other great quotes, I think it originates in English from Trevanian's Shibumi (when Otake-san, the Go master is g
by Jun8 14y ago
This is a quote I use very often! As with many other great quotes, I think it originates in English from Trevanian's Shibumi (when Otake-san, the Go master is giving his final teaching to Nicholai):
Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft while in fact he has had only one year of experience — twenty times.
Most probably Trevanian has drawn upon some other source, tough I've never been able to track that.
If you haven't read this fantastic book I strongly recommend it.
- Terretta 14y agoMy father said this to me before 1979.
- chernevik 14y agoIt's an ok potboiler that relies ever-more improbable plot devices. It's also impossibly incorrect politically -- so transparently so that I think it's essentially harmless. But if you don't understand why some people would feel that why you really should watch your step.
- tbourdon 14y agoFabulous book. The commentary on the west rings truer the older I get.