What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Lil Nas X said elsewhere, not written here
That I can’t control it.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2024 source ↗

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Richard Feynman Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965
It is necessary, I believe, to accept this idea, not only for science, but also for other things; it is of great value to acknowledge ignorance.  It is a fact that when we make decisions in our life we don't necessarily know that we are making them correctly; we only think that we are doing the best we can – and that is what we should do.
Recorded Caltech YMCA Lunch Forum, Engineering and Science / Caltech Magazine, 2 May 1956 source ↗
Paul Merson English footballer and pundit
That materialistic things will not make you happy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗

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