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Wisdom Quotes
"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively."
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"To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty."
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"Reason deserves to be called a prophet for in showing up the consequence and effect of our actions in the present does it not tell us what the future will be?"
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"Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity."
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"Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it."
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"We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery."
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"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have."
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"Stupidity is relatively harmless, but intelligent stupidity is highly dangerous"
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"It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others."
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"Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom."
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"I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men."
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"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."
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"God's principles work whether we believe them or not."
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"The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament."
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"Ignorance is an illusion, we seek understanding. Compassion paves the way towards understanding and understanding paves the way towards acceptance."
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"I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be new views."
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"It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than to apply them."
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"First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst."
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"What you don't deal with today, will live to deal with you tomorrow."
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"When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?" He made a fist. "Why? Because a baby, not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say, 'The whole world is mine.' "But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned his lesson." What lesson? I asked. He stretched open his empty fingers. "We can take nothing with us."
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"The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us our errors, to save us from our childish mistakes. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal."
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"Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality."
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"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
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"At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things."
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"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly."
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"Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense."
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"He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense."
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"I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted."
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