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" Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. "

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" Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. "

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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. "

" It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. "

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" We can't really digest food unless there's hunger. So we can't really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it. "

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" I think in conventional magazine wisdom, you need to have a redesign every decade or so. "

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" If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom. "

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" Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom. "

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