"Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end."

Wisdom, Journey, Destiny, Uncertainty, Path

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

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Failure, Experience, Growth

"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."

Stephen King, American Author

Wisdom, Writing, Truth, Power

"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."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Truth, Guidance, Stars

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Intelligent, Candles, Virtuous, Torches

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

Stephen King, American Author

Wisdom, Writing, Editing, Ego, Courage

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

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Wisdom, Fear, Respect, Life, Caution

"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Ignorance, Negligence, Value, Life

"To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Wisdom, History, Indifference, Misery, Sun

"When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Life

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Wisdom, Health, Wealth, Discipline

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"On their deathbed men will speak true, they say."

Truth, Death, Life, End

"Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil."

Friendship, Fellowship, Peace, Tears, Evil

"A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbo's side in Rivendell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice. "I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way."

Emotion, Fear, Longing, Decision, Will

"A King will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom."

Leadership, Power, Wisdom, Folly, Authority

"I thought all the trees were whispering to each other, passing news and plots along in an unintelligible language; and the branches swayed and groped without any wind. They do say the trees do actually move, and can surround strangers and hem them."

Poetry, Love, Peace, Hope, Happiness

"These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we shall afflict them in all ways that we can."

Conflict, Trees, Nature, War

"Never laugh at live dragons."

Purpose, Faith, Courage, Strength, Hope

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

"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."

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

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

"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

"To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything."

"When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man."

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

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"On their deathbed men will speak true, they say."

"Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil."

"A King will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom."

"I thought all the trees were whispering to each other, passing news and plots along in an unintelligible language; and the branches swayed and groped without any wind. They do say the trees do actually move, and can surround strangers and hem them."

"I will not say: do not weep, for not all tears are an evil."

"May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out."

"Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it."

"These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we shall afflict them in all ways that we can."

"Never laugh at live dragons."