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"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."
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"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
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"Angry people are not always wise."
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"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
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"There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man."
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"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
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"Turn your wounds into wisdom."
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"Be more weary of the fearful than of the brave."
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"Think before you speak. Read before you think."
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"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope."
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"arrogance is knowledge minus wisdom"
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"Never laugh at live dragons."
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"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."
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"Any fool can know. The point is to understand."
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"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them."
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"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears."
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"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."
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"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
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"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect)."
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