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Wisdom Quotes
"I take all knowledge to be my province."
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"It's easy to waste too many words-and too much energy-on nonsense we don't even care about. What a relief it is to start giving time and energy to what matters most (whatever that is for you). We choose what gets our attention. Why not choose things that are worthy of it?When he chose only to speak about things he absolutely believed, knew to be true, or really cared about, he was delighted by how much less talking he needed to do."
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"If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf."
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"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows."
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"A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace."
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"The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living."
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"A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise."
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"History teaches us every day, our understanding is the matter!"
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"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."
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"Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next."
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"Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive."
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"If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world."
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"Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish."
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"He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough."
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"There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people."
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"Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films."
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"Wisdom is nothing more than the marriage of intelligence and compassion.And, as with all good unions, it takes much experience and time to reach its widest potential.Have you introduced your intellect to your compassion yet? Be careful; lately, intellect has taken to eating in front of the TV and compassion has taken in too many cats."
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"He learned...never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed."
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"It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories."
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"The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity."
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"Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom."
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"We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days."
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"There are three characteristics of wisdom: knowledge, experience and patience."
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"Delay is not denial.There is a waiting time."
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"The most difficult thing for a wise woman to do is to pretend to be a foolish one."
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"Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all."
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"There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest."
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"There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives."
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