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To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

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Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

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Sound unbound by nature becomes bounded by art. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Education is no substitute for intelligence. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. ↗

— Steve Jobs

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Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be. ↗

— Daniel Keyes

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The world is 3 days: As for yesterday, it has vanished along with all that was in it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work on it. ↗

— Hasan Al-Basri

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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river. ↗

— Al-Ghazali

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