#wisdom

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

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Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it. ↗

— Mary Astell

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The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in God's Eyes. ↗

— Mary Astell

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Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. ↗

— Alfred Austin

#more #opinion #other #people #public

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

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A loving heart is the truest wisdom. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. ↗

— William Blake

#excess #leads #palace #road

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. ↗

— Diogenes

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