I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Thomas Jefferson

Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
- Voltaire

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Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Anatole France

Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth.
- Albert Camus

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I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.

John Barrymore

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform
(or pause and reflect).
- Mark Twain

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He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.

William Penn

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu

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Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

Francis Quarles

Don’t settle, and don’t struggle.
- Naval Ravikant

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If you don't read the news, you are uninformed.


if you read the news, you are misinformed.


Mark Twain

You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.

Saint Bernard

Conscience doth make cowards of us all.
- William Shakespeare

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Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin.

James Gleick

Average people know how. Wise people know why.
- Maxime Lagacé

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