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" Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. "

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" Justice Scalia was a lion of the law. Agree or disagree with him, all of his colleagues on the bench shared his wisdom and his humor. And like them, I miss him. "

" It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. "

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" Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the lesson ought to be: America's poor deserve better than this. "

Michael Eric Dyson

" I am deeply impressed with the gravity and wisdom with which most federal judges approach the responsibility of sentencing. It is a difficult, soul-searching task at best. "

" I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope. "

" What I want to do with my filmmaking is help kids experience the truth and wisdom of nature no matter where they are, whether or not they have the opportunity to go to a national park. "

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" I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things. "

" Be as you wish to seem. "

" Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom. "

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

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" Look around for a place to sow a few seeds. "

" There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" For myself, I think that those who cultivate wisdom and believe themselves able to instruct their fellow-citizens as to their interests are least likely to become partisans of violence. They are too well aware that to violence attach enmities and dangers, whereas results as good may be obtained by persuasion safely and amicably. "

" Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. "

" Leave no stone unturned. "

" The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. "

" 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. "

" To advise is not to compel. "

" Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. "

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" There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. "

Charles Dickens

" It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. "

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" Our great power does not mean we can do whatever we want whenever we want, nor should we assume we have all the wisdom and knowledge necessary to succeed. "

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

Albert Einstein

" When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. "

" If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. "

" Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. "

" Big money is not a good thing for a little soul: it will only ensnare his feet, and he will fall to his ruin. Wealth is safe only for those who have a wealth of wisdom. "