"Only the wise possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them."

Wisdom, Idea, Thought, Knowledge

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"Only the wise possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them."

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

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"Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied."

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"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

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"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

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"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

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Wisdom is not in intelligence but in simplicity."

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

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"You may regret for messing up on few occasions, but you need to appreciate the fact that blames don't clean the mess; they only smear the blame on your face. Make changes!"

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"Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind."

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"Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain."

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"The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment."

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"Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole."

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"General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves."

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"Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from."

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"Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony."

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"A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive."

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"There are four kinds of readers. The first is like the hourglass; and their reading being as the sand, it runs in and runs out, and leaves not a vestige behind. A second is like the sponge, which imbibes everything, and returns it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtier. A third is like a jelly bag, allowing all that is pure to pass away, and retaining only the refuse and dregs. And the fourth is like the slaves in the diamond mines of Golconda, who, casting aside all that is worthless, retain only pure gems."

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