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" Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. "
Francis Hutcheson
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" I think we do need to try to not just rely on the central bank to, in its wisdom, adjust interest rates, but allow for people to avoid being exposed to inflation risk. "
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" Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. "
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" My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better. "
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" Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom. "
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" Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. "
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" I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals. "
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" You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens. "
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" 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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" I believe the continually advancing Information Revolution will lend us the wisdom and strength to address humanity's previously unsolvable problems and help us make a positive impact on all of society. "
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" What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens. "
Ellen Glasgow
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" Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive. "
William Dunbar
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" The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. "
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" The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. "
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" The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. "
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" Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother. "
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" The topic 'Farm Wisdom' is not a gospel doctrine or scriptural topic, although I found considerable scriptural support for the lessons learned on the farm. "
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" Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of old? Where else can we find such unity of material, construction and form? here, the wisdom of whole generations is stored. "
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" While people are quick to praise the wisdom of the crowd, being an old-school journalist, I look at the wisdom of the crowd and know it can quickly turn into a mob mentality. "
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" When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself. "
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" First appearance deceives many. "
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" I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom. "
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" 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. "
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" We're living in a society where you need to be accountable for your actions, for your behavior - for yourself. To sit back and be reactive would be to allow your children to make big mistakes without the benefit of your wisdom being bestowed on them. It's not what my parents taught me. "
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