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"The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom."
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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."
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"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
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"A sage's mind is greater than a warrior's sword."
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"It's ridiculous to repeat costly mistakes because you believe there is always a next chance. Mistakes may flow, but you have all it takes to close the canals they used!"
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"The Holy Bible is the greatest book."
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"Secrets, Kohler finally said, "are a luxury we can no longer afford."
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"I never seemed to learn from joy, I earned my portion of wisdom through sadness."
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"When you live by understanding, you will escape destructions."
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"It doesn't work, she continues, unclasping her hands, smoothing her skirt. "What you're feeling right now doesn't work. You can't wander around and think the wandering will call them back. Believe me. I know you don't want to hear the long view, but let me tell you. You are so young. I know it's none of my business. But still."
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"As if a great creature had grown old without being able to express its feelings. Not that it didn't know how to express them, but rather it didn't know what to express."
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"The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature."
Men
"The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living."
Architecture
"Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England."
War
"People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish."
People
"Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown."
Home
"In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world."
Gardening
"The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach."
Houses
"Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England."
Architecture
"In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts."
Art
"The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark."
Balance
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