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" It's not the having, it's the getting. "
Elizabeth Taylor
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" The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it. "
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" There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. "
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" The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique. "
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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. "
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" The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion. "
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