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"The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy."
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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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"Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment."

"The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity."

"To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring."
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