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Pretend you are foolish to the foolish, and be yourself when you are alone or with others like you, because if you take the foolish seriously as your friend, you might be a fool yourself. ↗

— A Gentlemen

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Pretend you are a foolish to the tyrant – because if he realizes you are a genius, he might use you to harm others. ↗

— A Gentlemen

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I don't like lies," said Bran, and I knew I'd failed to keep the pain of his revelation from my face. "Not even lies of omission. Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

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Don't expect, but accept. ↗

— Anirudh Hegde

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I think, therefore a single fertilized egg cell can replicate itself into trillions of specialized and exquisitely organized cells. ↗

— David Self

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Flame is the lamp; rest is borrowed. ↗

— R.N. Prasher

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Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden. ↗

— Phaedrus

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Poets are the sense, philosophers­­ the intelligence­­ of humanity. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

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The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies. ↗

— Mortimer J. Adler

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An intelligent man is one who acknowledges his intelligence as that of those who surround him. ↗

— Ilyas Kassam

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