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"It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure."
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"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."
"Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech."
"If you were brought up on a poor man's brand of drink and prefer that to this very day then do not pretend you like expensive wine."
"The beginning of wisdom is understanding that life is full of ongoing learning experiences."
"The post on her left was occupied by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, an old gentleman of considerable charm and culture, who had fallen, however, into bad habits of silence, having, as he explained once to Lady Agatha, said everything that he had to say before he was thirty."
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"The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books."
"The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer."
"Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?"
"The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live."
"Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor."
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