There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
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One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.
There is no royal road to a successful life, as there is no royal road to learning. It has got to be hard knocks, morning, noon, and night, and fixity of purpose.
The world's a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray.
There is no royal road; you've got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.
It is a happy thing that there is no royal road to poetry. The world should know by this time that one cannot reach Parnassus except by flying thither.
For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.
You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.
There are many paths but only one journey.
Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
I have often found that no matter where I meet people in the world, there is a path that leads back to Queen's.