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" Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. "

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" Consequences are unpitying. "

" In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance. "

Theodore Dreiser

" God knows and sees all. His wisdom and knowledge far outweighs mankind, and whether or not people ever recognize it - He is the creator. He is the giver of life, and only He has the power to take it away. That's why its imperative to submit to Him. "

" An owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom, so we are neither doves nor hawks but owls, and we are vigilant when others are resting. "

" I reject most conventional wisdom. "

Conventional Wisdom

" Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. "

" Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. "

" To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. "

" 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'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men. "

" Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. "

" Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable. "

" What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. "

" You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements. "

" In every parting there is an image of death. "

" We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything. "

" If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements. "

" It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. "

William Ralph Inge

" Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. "

Sydney J. Harris

" Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. "

" Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. "

Tobias Smollett

" Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. "

" Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. "

Laurence Sterne

" Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. "

" Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. "

" He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise. "

" The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. "

Benjamin Disraeli

" Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense. "

" You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is. "

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