In plain words
One good talk with a wise person can teach more than weeks of reading.
Where these words come from
- 45% sureThe sources checked so far agree on this one. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Traditional Chinese proverb (often traced to the Ming-dynasty saying collection Zengguang Xianwen), widely rendered as "worth ten years of study"; no single canonical primary text for this exact English wording found.
