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For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I somehow had an experience which enabled me to follow the meaning of words.

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Plutarch (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Plutarch (Illustrated)”, p.1439, Delphi Classics
For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I somehow had an experience which enabled me to follow the meaning of words.