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Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
The price of wisdom is eternal thought.
The price of wisdom is eternal thought.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to read more
Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have read more
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.