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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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"It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting."
"You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself."
"Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public."
"On the occasion of every accident that befalls you ... inquire what power you have for turning it to use."
"Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents."
"Why do you want to read anyway " for the sake of amusement or mere erudition? Those are poor, fatuous pretexts. Reading should serve the goal of attaining peace; if it doesn't make you peaceful, what good is it?"
"Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world."
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