"Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort."

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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."

Stephen King, American Author

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"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

Stephen King, American Author

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"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

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"Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job, it takes a wise man to make it without working."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

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"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"A man can't ride your back unless it's bent."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."

"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."

"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."

"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

"Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job, it takes a wise man to make it without working."

"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."

"A man can't ride your back unless it's bent."

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"Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean."

"Show me your talents and I'll show you your net worth."

"The greatest profit you make in business is not money, but happiness. The greatest riches you give in life are not possessions, but love. The greatest treasures you acquire in life are not jewels, but joy."

"Looking for a wife is like fishing; before you go, make sure you don't have a hole in your net."

"Light travels half away around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on."

"A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts."

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