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| The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. |
| Henry Louis Mencken |
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| The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene |
| Michel de Montaigne |
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| The possession of anything begins in the mind |
| Bruce Lee |
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| The price of wisdom is above rubies |
| Bible |
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| The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame |
| Bible |
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| The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. |
| Kahlil Gibran |
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| The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. |
| Bertrand Russell |
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| The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. |
| Benjamin Disraeli |
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| The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages, may be preserved through quotations |
| Benjamin Disraeli |
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| The wise are doubtful. |
| Plato |
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| The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most, knows best how little he knows |
| Thomas Jefferson |
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| The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worth-while to live |
| Aristotle |
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| The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things |
| Bertrand Russell |
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| The wisest have the most authority |
| Plato |
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