"Knowledge is like money passing from hand to hand. A person has the right to be partially proud of it if he worked for his material himself, made it himself or at least honestly acquired the already made one. But if he didn't do anything like that, he just got it from a passer-by who threw it in his face, on what basis could he be proud of it?
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Knowledge is like money passing from hand to hand. A person has the right to be partially proud of it if he worked for his material himself, made it himself or at least honestly acquired the already made one. But if he didn't do anything like that, he just got it from a passer-by who threw it in his face, on what basis could he be proud of it?
""A tudás hasonló a kézről kézre járó pénzhez. Az embernek részben joga van büszkélkednie vele, ha ő maga dolgozott anyagáért, ő készítette vagy legalább becsületesen szerezte meg a már elkészítettet. De ha ő semmi hasonlót nem tett, csak úgy kapta valamelyik járókelőtől, aki arcába dobta neki, milyen alapon büszkélkedhetne vele?"