"I told you that your dream was a difficult one. It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them."
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"Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise."
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"You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them."
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"There is no fire like passion No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger, And no joy like the joy of freedom."
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"If you notice an unconscious fantasy coming up within you, you would be wise not to interpret it at once. Do not say that you know what it is and force it into consciousness. Just let it live with you, leaving it in the half-dark, carry it with you and watch where it is going or what it is driving at."
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"the only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion, and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind. No wise man ever acquired his wisdom in any mode but this; nor is it in the nature of human intellect to become wise in any other manner."
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"We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal ONE."
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"Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships."
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"No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted."
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"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."
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"There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool."
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"A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity."
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"Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors."
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"All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes."
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"You think it - wise - to trust Hagrid with something as important as this?" "I would trust Hagrid with my life," said Dumbledore."
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"Life's Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late."
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"The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get."
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"The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety."
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"This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?" And Merlin said quietly, "Because I am wise. In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins."
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"Who exactly do you want to be? What kind of person do you want to be? What are your personal ideals? Whom do you admire? What are their special traits that you would make your own It's time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to become wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become. If you have a daybook, write down who you're trying to be, so that you can refer to this self-determination. Precisely describe the demeanor you want to adopt so that you may preserve it when you are by yourself or with other people."
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