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If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.
If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.
A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer read more
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Cease not to learn until thou cease to live;
Think that day lost wherein thou draw'st no letter,
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Cease not to learn until thou cease to live;
Think that day lost wherein thou draw'st no letter,
To make thyself learneder, wiser, better.
[Fr., Jusqu'au cercuil (mon fils) vueilles apprendre,
Et tien perdu le jour qui s'est passe,
Si tu n'y as quelque chose ammasse,
Pour plus scavant et plus sage te rendre.]
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.