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> [Of all evil things the least quantity is to be borne, but of learning and knowledge, the more a man hath, the better he can bear it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/of-all-evil-things-the-least-quantity-is-to-be-borne-but-of-learning/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

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## More by Wilfred Bion

> [Wealth is the sinews of affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/wealth-is-the-sinews-of-affairs/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/to-be-unable-to-bear-an-ill-is-itself-a-great-ill/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [Misers take care of property as if it belonged to them, but derive no more benefit from it than if it belonged to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/misers-take-care-of-property-as-if-it-belonged-to-them-but-derive-no/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [Old age is the harbor of all ills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/old-age-is-the-harbor-of-all-ills/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [It is too often forgotten that the gift of speech, so centrally employed, has been elaborated as much for the purpose of concealing thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/it-is-too-often-forgotten-that-the-gift-of-speech-so-centrally/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [Every session attended by the analyst must have no history and no future. What is 'known' about the patient is of no further consequence:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/every-session-attended-by-the-analyst-must-have-no-history-and-no/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [It is very important to be aware that you may never be satistied with your analytic career if you feel that you are restricted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/it-is-very-important-to-be-aware-that-you-may-never-be-satistied-with/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/we-ought-not-to-heap-reproaches-on-old-age-seeing-that-we-all-hope-to/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [It is likely enough that the patient will say, Why don't you say something? Or if not the patient, the relatives - Why don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/it-is-likely-enough-that-the-patient-will-say-why-don-t-you-say/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [Of all evil things the least quantity is to be borne, but of learning and knowledge, the more a man hath, the better he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/of-all-evil-things-the-least-quantity-is-to-be-borne-but-of-learning/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [The purest form of listening is to listen without memory or desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/the-purest-form-of-listening-is-to-listen-without-memory-or-desire/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [A good leader makes a good follower.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/a-good-leader-makes-a-good-follower/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [The end of a dissolute life is a desperate death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/the-end-of-a-dissolute-life-is-a-desperate-death/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [The road to Hades is easy to travel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/the-road-to-hades-is-easy-to-travel/)

[Wilfred Bion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-bion/)

> [If a new result is to have any value, it must unite elements long since known, but till then scattered and seemingly foreign to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-bion/if-a-new-result-is-to-have-any-value-it-must-unite-elements-long/)

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