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

"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."

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

"Sometimes only when opportunity stops banging to be let in do we notice its absence!"
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"If you want to find a reason to smile, to find a reason to be happy, learn to appreciate the beauty that surrounds you."

"When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win."

"When you value someone, it merely shows that you truly have no idea about the person that they aren't showing you."

"I find it strange how some men simply give up their soul to a woman, and act in obedience to their will. I find it stranger that those same women, are ignorant to the belief that this isn't his real face. Most women don't know what their man looks like when he's not in-love with them. But when that mystical spell is broken, it's like a person seeing the true face of God; only realizing that you simply never understood...their real self."

"I am often impressed with those that admit their ignorance, for it is the first step towards breaking out of the prison called freedom."
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