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" I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works. "

Paolo Bacigalupi

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" Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. "

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

" 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. "

" There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. "

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

" Money can be taken away from you, by the IRS or by pistol. That's why I always measure riches in terms of wisdom. No one can ever take from you what you know. "

" Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? "

" Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being. "

Orison Swett Marden

" The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. "

Albert Einstein

" How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. "

" The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. "

" Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. "

Omar N. Bradley

" Whatever one thinks of the wisdom of building a mosque near Ground Zero, this controversy now affords us an immense opportunity to examine who we are as a people. It provides us with the opportunity to get back to our foundational ideals, which have always stood as a beacon for the rest of the world. "

" A short saying often contains much wisdom. "

" The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. "

" Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. "

" Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. "

" To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. "

" The topic 'Farm Wisdom' is not a gospel doctrine or scriptural topic, although I found considerable scriptural support for the lessons learned on the farm. "

" No one wants advice - only corroboration. "

" I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. "

" The things that have really gotten confusing to me is how you balance the desires of your publishers to produce things on a schedule, and people are always sort of giving you ideas on what you should follow up with or how you should proceed next and things like that. "

Paolo Bacigalupi

" The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" None knows the weight of another's burden. "

" True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. "

" If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. "

" Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother. "

" Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition. "

" No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will. "

" We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. "

Stephen Vincent Benet

" The wisdom of age: don't stop walking. "