Acuteness

Posted on January 4, 2008
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The keen spirit

Seizes the prompt occasion – makes the thought

Start into instant action, and at once

Plans and performs, resolves and executes. Hannah Moore

A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things that he does not know; and will gain more credit for his adroit mode of hiding his ignorance than the pedant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition. Colton