Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with. — J. K. Rowling. British author (born 1965)
If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.