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"CHORONZON: I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler. MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing. CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing. MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged. CHORONZON: I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed. MORPHEUS: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed. CHORONZON: I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying. MORPHEUS: I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing. CHORONZON: I am a nova, all-exploding... planet-cremating. MORPHEUS: I am the Universe -- all things encompassing, all life embracing. CHORONZON: I am Anti-Life, the Beast of Judgment. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. Sss. And what will you be then, Dreamlord?MORPHEUS: I am hope."
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"Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling."
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"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."
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"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise."
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"It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve."
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"No man is poor who has a Godly mother."
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"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."
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"But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil."
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"wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good."
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"Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?"
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"How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole."
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"Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly. Love, truth, beauty, wisdom and consolation against death. Who had said that? Someone else who loved books."
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"It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what.[I saw hate in a graveyard -- Stephen Fry, The Guardian, 5 June 2005]"
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"There are women who make things better... simply by showing up. There are women who make things happen. There are women who make their way. There are women who make a difference. And women who make us smile. There are women of wit and wisdom who- through strength and courage- make it through. There are women who change the world everyday... Women like you."
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"I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward."
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"I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats."
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"No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful."
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"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."
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"It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses."
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"I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?"
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