To achieve perfection, one must first begin by not understanding many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand well. (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

To achieve perfection, one must first begin by not understanding many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand well.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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