"When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out one against the other I take the course indicated by what remains."

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"When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out one against the other I take the course indicated by what remains."

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"Honour pricks me on. Yea but how if honour prick me off when I come on? How then? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then? No. What is honour? A word."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Knowledge, ideas, and wisdom are the most powerful forces that we can use to improve lives while bringing peace to this beautiful world."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Self-knowledge is the greatest education."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Time is a precious gift."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Silence, Speech, Beauty

"Unless you know where you are going then you will not know how to get there."

Stephen Richards, British Author

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"You either waste, spend or invest time. Make your choice wisely."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Knowledge is your treasure. How well you spend and invest it will define your wisdom."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

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"He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too."

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"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

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"Follow your bliss. -Joseph Campbell Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve."

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"I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand."

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"A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail the shoe was lost for want of a shoe the horse was lost for want of a horse the battle was lost for want of the battle the war was lost."

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"Honour pricks me on. Yea but how if honour prick me off when I come on? How then? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then? No. What is honour? A word."

"Knowledge, ideas, and wisdom are the most powerful forces that we can use to improve lives while bringing peace to this beautiful world."

"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."

"Self-knowledge is the greatest education."

"You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions."

"Time is a precious gift."

"Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech."

"Unless you know where you are going then you will not know how to get there."

"You either waste, spend or invest time. Make your choice wisely."

"Knowledge is your treasure. How well you spend and invest it will define your wisdom."

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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

"He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too."

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

"Follow your bliss. -Joseph Campbell Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve."

"I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand."

"A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail the shoe was lost for want of a shoe the horse was lost for want of a horse the battle was lost for want of the battle the war was lost."

"I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."

"When in doubt, don't."

"Observe all men, thyself most."

"Praise to the undeserving is severe satire."