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" In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the ancient Greeks and Romans also held the view that acceptance is the beginning of wisdom. "

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" What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children. "

" In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us. "

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" Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better. "

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" Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age. "

" Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. "

" Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. "

" I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn't taught by men - it's a gift from God. "

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" I don't think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life. "

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

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" I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on. "

" 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. "

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" Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. "