#wisdom

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words, "And this too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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When two wise men are blaming one another, then time has come for you to be the third one. ↗

— Toba Beta

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When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’. ↗

— Epictetus

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You don't need to know what you want. You only need to know what you don't want... ↗

— Julia Heywood

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There are no endings, only beginnings that have been reborn. ↗

— D. Byron Patterson

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They who suspect a Mephistophiles, or sneering, satirical devil, under all, have not learned the secret of true humor, which sympathizes with gods themselves, in view of their grotesque, half-finished creatures. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

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What is important is to try to develop insights and wisdom rather than mere knowledge, respect someone's character rather than his learning, and nurture men of character rather than mere talents. ↗

— Inazo Nitobe

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Time spent on solving a problem with the same level of thinking that created it is time well wasted ↗

— sekoni sullivan

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គ្មានមនុស្សណាថោកទាបជាងមនុស្សដែលទទួលថាខ្លួនថោកទាបដើម្បីបន្តសកម្មភាពថោកទាបរបស់ខ្លួន ឡើយ។ ↗

— Khem Veasna

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