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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."
Explore more quotes by John Cheever
"Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two."
"People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy."
"Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego."
"All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life."
"What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power."
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