"Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech."

Evangel on wisdom
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"Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at."

Sterne, Laurence on forgiveness
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"Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return."

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"Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short."

Newman, John Henry on ability
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"The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all."

Erasmus, Desiderius on ability
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"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."

Wooden, John on ability
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"We find comfort among those who agree with us-growth among those who don't."

Clark, Frank A. on growth
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"Only when the last tree has been cut down; Only when the last river has been poisoned; Only when the last fish has been caught; Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten."

Proverb, American Indian on money
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"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."

Twain, Mark on deception
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"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat."

Tomlin, Lily on job
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