““When Mother told you the fire would be painful, did you believe her? Did you become adept at basic arithmetic when your teacher gave the lesson or after hours of practice? Did talking about the birds and the bees save you from fumbling around awkwardly? It’s better if we can avoid mistakes than make them all on our own. It’s better if we can learn not to touch the fire by the examples of others. Sometimes we can’t though. A lot of times. Sometimes, in fact, it’s better that we don’t.””
![“A lesson I learned from this ancient [Greek] culture is the notion of megalopsychon (a term expressed in Aristotle’s ethics), a sense of grandeur that was superseded by the Christian value of ‘humility.’ There is no word for it in Romance languages; in Arabic is called Shhm—best translated as…” quote by Kyle Eschenroeder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/36d/kyle-eschenroeder-38281_ancient-greek_a-lesson-i-learned-from-this-ancient-gre_1934358.jpg)
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