"Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good."

Wisdom, Death, People, Fear, Evil

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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Failure, Experience, Growth

"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."

Stephen King, American Author

Wisdom, Writing, Truth, Power

"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."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Truth, Guidance, Stars

"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Intelligent, Candles, Virtuous, Torches

"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

Stephen King, American Author

Wisdom, Writing, Editing, Ego, Courage

"Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Virtue, Growth

"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Wisdom, Fear, Respect, Life, Caution

"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Ignorance, Negligence, Value, Life

"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."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Wisdom, History, Indifference, Misery, Sun

"When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Life

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"Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue."

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"He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden."

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"What is honored in a culture gets cultivated there."

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"There is no such thing as a lovers' oath."

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"To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less."

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"O dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him."

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"Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens."

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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

"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."

"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."

"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

"Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper."

"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."

"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

"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."

"When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man."

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"A boy is of all wild beasts the most difficult to manage."

"Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."

"Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly."

"Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue."

"He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden."

"What is honored in a culture gets cultivated there."

"There is no such thing as a lovers' oath."

"To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less."

"O dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him."

"Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens."