"We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters."

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"We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters."

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"Knowing your ignorance is better than your knowledge."

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"All answers to life's key questions are found within."

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"Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master."

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"Wisdom is the greatest speaker in history; nature, second. Folly is the worst speaker in history; fools, second."

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"When I was young, I thought it is thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in the high school, I discovered that it is rather the lightning that does the killing. The voice of the thunder itself is just a noise. The lightning is the poise!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"True education is more powerful than money or weapons. It is the key to a magical land where nothing is impossible."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"If your thirst for knowledge is strong enough, you will find the waters to satisfy it."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"A book is a sacred gift."

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"Knowing your ignorance is better than your knowledge."

"All answers to life's key questions are found within."

"A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred."

"Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master."

"Wisdom is the greatest speaker in history; nature, second. Folly is the worst speaker in history; fools, second."

"When I was young, I thought it is thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in the high school, I discovered that it is rather the lightning that does the killing. The voice of the thunder itself is just a noise. The lightning is the poise!"

"True education is more powerful than money or weapons. It is the key to a magical land where nothing is impossible."

"If your thirst for knowledge is strong enough, you will find the waters to satisfy it."

"A book is a sacred gift."

"A small idea with wings will take you higher than a big one with legs."

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"Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less."

"Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it."

"A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others."

"Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less."

"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving."

"What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors."

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