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Wisdom Quotes
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."
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"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
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"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future."
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"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward."
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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
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"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures."
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"To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed."
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"Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?"
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"Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion."
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"Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit."
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"Don't ruin a good opportunity fixating on a bad one."
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"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous."
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"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind."
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"Rather than always impose your will, allow men to learn from their mistakes. Great failures make great teachers; success enables one to forget some thingsa failure cannot afford to."
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"We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it."
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"The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding."
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"Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain."
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"Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants."
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"We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery."
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"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."
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"Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it."
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"It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it."
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