"Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom."

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"When I was young, I thought it is thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in the high school, I discovered that it is rather the lightning that does the killing. The voice of the thunder itself is just a noise. The lightning is the poise!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Thunder, Lightning, Physics, Danger

"A book is a sacred gift."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Book, Gift, Sacred, Treasure

"A man with wisdom will always have a solution no matter how big his challenges may be. Wisdom makes you a problem solver."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Solution, Life, Knowledge

"In the pursuit of knowledge, we know God, the source of knowledge and wisdom."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Knowledge, Pursuit, God

"In every situation, we can find sacred lesson."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Situation, Lesson, Sacred, Learning

"To be given to the study of the scriptures is to discover more principles."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Scripture, Principles, Study

"The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little."

Mark Twain, American Author

Wisdom, Man

"If you listen to many wise sayings, you will develop a strong-mind."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Wisdom, Listening, Growth, Mind

"Feelings could override facts, as facts could alter feelings. Choose the truth first, rather than following after feelings."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Wisdom, Feelings, Truth, Choice, Emotion

"It is better to be foolish than a dilettante."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Wisdom, Truth, Power, Choice, Life

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"Happiness lies first of all in health."

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"Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge."

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"Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind."

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"The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they've reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you're just horny. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten."

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"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle."

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"When I was young, I thought it is thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in the high school, I discovered that it is rather the lightning that does the killing. The voice of the thunder itself is just a noise. The lightning is the poise!"

"A book is a sacred gift."

"A man with wisdom will always have a solution no matter how big his challenges may be. Wisdom makes you a problem solver."

"In the pursuit of knowledge, we know God, the source of knowledge and wisdom."

"In every situation, we can find sacred lesson."

"To be given to the study of the scriptures is to discover more principles."

"The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little."

"If you listen to many wise sayings, you will develop a strong-mind."

"Feelings could override facts, as facts could alter feelings. Choose the truth first, rather than following after feelings."

"It is better to be foolish than a dilettante."

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"Happiness lies first of all in health."

"Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge."

"Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind."

"The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they've reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you're just horny. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten."

"While we read history we make history."

"Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!"

"Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow."

"It is not observed in history that families improve with time."

"The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows."

"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle."