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In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
The wisdom of our ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never had.
Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never had.
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.
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in read more
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of
the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the
scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
