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"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows."
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"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."

"Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech."

"If you were brought up on a poor man's brand of drink and prefer that to this very day then do not pretend you like expensive wine."

"The beginning of wisdom is understanding that life is full of ongoing learning experiences."

"The post on her left was occupied by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, an old gentleman of considerable charm and culture, who had fallen, however, into bad habits of silence, having, as he explained once to Lady Agatha, said everything that he had to say before he was thirty."
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"He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk."

"When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shrink from being seen to do it, even though the world should misunderstand it; for if you are not acting rightly, shun the action itself; if you are, why fear those who wrongly censure you?"

"Man, what are you talking about? Me in chains? You may fetter my leg but my will, not even Zeus himself can overpower."

"Practice yourself in little things and thence proceed to greater."

"It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body, for it is better to die than to live badly."
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