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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about read more
Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow.
We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow.
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to read more
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be
desired are not to be compared read more
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be
desired are not to be compared with it.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and read more
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.
And Job answered and said,
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
And Job answered and said,
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!