The Gods of the Copybook Headings
(Part 8)
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew,
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four —
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.
Rudyard Kipling
And the hardest learned lessons are longest retained.
Yes. There are a lot of hard lessons about to be learned.