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Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#experience #far #go #instruction #learned

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#character #distinctive #egotism #egotist #full

I believe people who are looking for a fresh idea and spirit have received Danielson. The conservative Christian press have been quite mean to us, but the mainstream "secular" press has been very, very nice. ↗

— Daniel Smith

#believe #christian #conservative #fresh #i

At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain the relationships required to govern in era of polarization? ↗

— Ron Fournier

#build #era #fitness #govern #his

Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time, but mind; which experienced a similar fate from the hand of Mr. Hume in 1737. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#berkeley #bishop #destroyed #experienced #fate

I mainly buy books in my free time. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#buy #free #free time #i #mainly

We have to keep our eye on inflation, but so far inflation remains reasonably in check on the global stage. ↗

— John W. Snow

#eye #far #global #inflation #keep

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. ↗

— Socrates

#against #away #does #enemy #fights

Aggression, the writer's main source of energy. ↗

— Ted Solotaroff

#energy #main #main source #source #writer

Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#alter #always #consciousness #easier #elevation