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

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

Courage, Death, Fear, Enemy

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

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"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."

Trust, Word

"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them."

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"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit."

Strength, Spirit, Will, World

"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."

Leadership, Men, Vices

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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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"War is the business of barbarians."

"The human race is governed by its imagination."

"Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities."

"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."

"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."

"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them."

"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit."

"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."