it is a waste not to use your mental abilities
это пустая трата не использовать свои умственные способности (eto pustaya trata ne ispol'zovat' svoi umstvennye sposobnosti)
"You should keep learning, a mind is a terrible thing to waste."
"ты должен продолжать учиться, ум - это ужасная вещь, которую можно потратить." (ty dolzhen prodolzhat' uchit'sya, um - eto uzhasnaya veshch', kotoruyu mozhno potratit')
a significant or sudden development or discovery; an importa...
to send someone a short message or note
to do something that is contrary to the usual way of doing t...
to reject something by voting against it
to try something, even if you are not sure of success
to keep changing your mind about something
