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" Since human wisdom cannot secure us from accidents, it is the greatest effort of reason to bear them well. "

John Paul Jones

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" Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center. "

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" If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself. "

" You can observe a lot by watching. "

" I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world libraries are ablaze with scant attention. "

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" 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. "

" There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. "

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" Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache. "

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" Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God. "

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" In an era in which war and terrorism - at home and abroad - are often based on racial, religious and ethnic differences, rediscovering the wisdom of love and compassion may help us increase our survival at a time when an increasingly divided country and world so badly need it. "

" 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. "

" Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next. "

" We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation. "

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

" The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe. "

" 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. "

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

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" If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. "

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" I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me. "

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