“As a rule I had a distaste for any reading beyond my school books.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: From An Autobiography; Gandhi noting his boyhood distaste for reading beyond his school books.
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It's common for a serious mind to begin with no early love of study at all; the habit can be built long after childhood. Naming that plainly, instead of inventing a precocious backstory, keeps growth believable and takes the pressure off slow starters.
When to use it
- An adult who hated books in school falls into reading at forty and never stops.
- A late-blooming coder admits he ignored every math class and still builds a real skill from scratch.
- A parent who never studied history reads alongside her kid and grows curious for the first time.