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John Selden

"No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man."

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"No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man."

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"Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish."

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"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit."

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"It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer."

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Amber Hurdle

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."

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"There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there."

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"The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil."

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Amber Hurdle

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."

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"Deep down I believe each of us is a well-spring of understanding and wisdom, but we simply never allow the space or time for this understanding to rise to the level of conscious thought."

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Amber Hurdle

"There is an undeniable truth that as one progresses further in his understanding of a craft the rest of his life progresses along with it. This symbiotic relationship between all things is experienced on a daily basis, but rarely articulated through conscious thought."

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"Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects."

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