"A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view."

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

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"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

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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."

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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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"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

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"Wisdom is not in intelligence but in simplicity."

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"Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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

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"Sometimes only when opportunity stops banging to be let in do we notice its absence!"

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"If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots."

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"You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks."

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

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

"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."

"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

"Wisdom is not in intelligence but in simplicity."

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

"Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper."

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

"Sometimes only when opportunity stops banging to be let in do we notice its absence!"

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"There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time."

"You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks."

"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets."

"When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes."

"Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals."

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