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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can read more

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

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We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.

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Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to read more

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Power Quotes,
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The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.

The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, read more

When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Maxim Quotes,
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