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There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle, like a standing pond; And do a willful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dressed in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity profound conceit; As who should say, I am sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!

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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.

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Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.

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The loser, when a game of dice is done, remains behind reviewing every roll sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone.

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Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

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Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

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Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.

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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

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There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom.

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Wisdom is the health of the soul.

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Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

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Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.

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Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

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Discipline divorced from wisdom is not true discipline, but merely the meaningless following of custom, which is only a disguise for stupidity.

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On this point, the priest and the philosopher agree: We must die.

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Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.

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Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.

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Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.

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There is a certain wisdom of humanity which is common to the greatest men with the lowest, and which our ordinary education oftenlabors to silence and obstruct.

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