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" Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom. "

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" We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already. "

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" Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. "

" My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.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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" A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. "

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" Wisdom comes by disillusionment. "

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Disillusionment

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