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"It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others."
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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."
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"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."
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"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."
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"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."
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"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."
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"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."
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"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."
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"To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything."
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"When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man."
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"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
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"From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own."
Learning
"Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."
Fortune
"Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear."
Courage
"The remedy for wrongs is to forget them."
Forgiveness
"The bare recollection of anger kindles anger."
Memory
"God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones."
Morality
"It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others."
Wisdom
"The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not."
Moderation
"Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth."
Art
"A good reputation is more valuable than money."
Moderation
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