It is reported that Sufyān Al-Thawrī said:
A man who wanted to write ḥadīth would [learn] manners and worship for twenty years before starting.
Abū Nu’aym, Ḥilyatu Al-Awliyā`, 6:361.
It is reported that Sufyān Al-Thawrī said:
A man who wanted to write ḥadīth would [learn] manners and worship for twenty years before starting.