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Wisdom Quotes
"God's principles work whether we believe them or not."
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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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"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them."
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"She knew the way of things. She knew ifyou weren't always stepping lightly as a bird the wholeworld came apart to crush you. Like a house of cards.Like a bottle against stones. Like a wrist pinned hardbeneath a hand with the hot breath smell of want andwine. . . ."
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"Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom."
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"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."
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"That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man."
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"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."
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"Each of us channel through the rest of us, which is true on every plane of being and in every field of enterprise and in all walks of life."
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"A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace."
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"The best is the cheapest."
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"A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought."
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"The reason a lot of people do ☆not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work."
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"If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness."
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"He who despises a poor man's wisdom has turned away great riches."
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"The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows."
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"What good has impatience ever brought? It has only served as the mother of mistakes and the father of irritation."
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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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"Self-education is a lifetime affair. In life, as in science, there are unsuccessful experiments. Difficult personal and professional experiences are not for naught. Every experience contains a lesson. If we do not achieve the results we want and stop searching out solutions, it is not the experiment that is unsuccessful, but the person."
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"Intelligence is naked without wisdom. Wisdom dresses interestingly with intelligence."
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"A man can't ride your back unless it's bent."
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"There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people."
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