#wisdom

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. ↗

— Epictetus

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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. ↗

— Anatole France

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There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

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You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself. ↗

— Teri Garr

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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

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The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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