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Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#despotism #fetters #freedom #our #possessions

I thank God tonight for freedom - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future. ↗

— Jim Gibbons

#defend #freedom #future #god #i

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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