"I long to be in the midst of the children, and have more pleasure in their little follies than in the wisdom of the wise."
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"A government regulating itself by what is wise and just for the many, uninfluenced by the local and selfish views of the few who direct their affairs, has not been seen, perhaps, on earth. Or if it existed for a moment at the birth of ours, it would not be easy to fix the term of its continuance. Still, I believe it does exist here in a greater degree than anywhere else; and for its growth and continuance... I offer sincere prayers."
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"The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different beasts."
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"The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life."
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"No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master."
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"How well I know what I mean to do When the long dark Autumn evenings come, And where, my soul, is thy pleasant hue? With the music of all thy voices, dumb In life’s November too! I shall be found by the fire, suppose, O’er a great wise book as beseemeth age, While the shutters flap as the cross-wind blows, And I turn the page, and I turn the page, Not verse now, only prose!"
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"A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife."
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"Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up."
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"It is no more necessary that a man should remember the different dinners and suppers which have made him healthy, than the different books which have made him wise. Let us see the results of good food in a strong body, and the results of great reading in a full and powerful mind."
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"Each and every part of the world is a snare for the fool and a means of deliverance for the wise."
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"I felt wise and cynical as all hell."
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"It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God."
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"The natural way of ensuring that the past continues to live in the present and to inform the future is to write it down."
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"A resolute and wise refusal to take part in festivities will be an incentive for introspection and self-purification."
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"The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident."
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"The wise trusts not only to his physical eyes - thus he can see clearly."
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"It is the nature of the noble and the good and the wise that they impart to us of their nobility and their goodness and their wisdom while they live, making it natural for us to breathe the air they breathe and giving us confidence in our own untested powers. And the same influence in more ethereal fashion they continue to exert after they are gone."
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"You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself."
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"Education makes the wise slightly wiser, but it makes the fool vastly more dangerous."
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"The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier."
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