Quote#Education
One of the advantages of being over forty is that one begins to learn…
Quote byGustav Holst · 1874–1934
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to W G Whittaker, 1914, quoted in Paul Holmes Holst p. 62..
English (original)
One of the advantages of being over forty is that one begins to learn the difference between knowing and realising.
— Gustav Holst
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