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" A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. "

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" India is known for its sobriety and wisdom, balanced and sensible thinking. We need strong institutions and we need good governance in the country. "

" Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance. "

" Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other. "

" Justice Scalia was a lion of the law. Agree or disagree with him, all of his colleagues on the bench shared his wisdom and his humor. And like them, I miss him. "

" There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. "

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" It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest. "

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" Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. "

" Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don't live in the shadows of people's judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom. "

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" The soul's joy lies in doing. "

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" Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules. "

" My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete. "

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" Contrary to popular wisdom, the mark of a great meeting is not how short it is or whether it ends on time. The key is whether it ends with clarity and commitment from participants. "

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" I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others. "

" A closed mouth catches no flies. "

Miguel de Cervantes

" The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever. "

" My own life is wonderful, but if I had to live the life of someone else, I'd gladly choose that of Julia Child or Dr. Seuss: two outrageously original people, each of whom fashioned an idiosyncratic wisdom, passion for life, and sense of humor into an art form that anyone and everyone could savor. "

" I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them. "

" If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. "

" By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least the beginning of wisdom. "

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" Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. "

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" If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks. "

" What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part. "

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" The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. "

" This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school. "

" To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. "

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" It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. "

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" Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness. "

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