#wisdom

What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children. ↗

— William Blake

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We can't command our love, but we can our actions. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Do little things every day that no one else seems to want to do, be patient, and success will find you. ↗

— Brandi L. Bates

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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through. ↗

— King Abdullah II

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The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. ↗

— Peter Abelard

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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. ↗

— Abigail Adams

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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. ↗

— Aeschylus

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Memory is the mother of all wisdom. ↗

— Aeschylus

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Wisdom comes alone through suffering. ↗

— Aeschylus

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