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Category
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1
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Joseph Joubert
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General
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Wisdom
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Never cut what you can untie.
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2
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Thomas Fuller
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General
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Wisdom
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If thou are a master, be sometimes blind, if a servant, sometimes deaf.
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3
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Albert Einstein
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General
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Wisdom
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The majority of us prefer to look to the outside world and not inside of your own self.
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4
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William James
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General
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Wisdom
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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5
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Abraham Lincoln
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General
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Wisdom
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Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
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6
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Benjamin Franklin
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General
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Wisdom
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The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
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7
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Denis Healey
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General
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Wisdom
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It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes; if you are in one stop digging.
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8
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Oriental Proverb
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General
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Wisdom
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One who believes himself to have all the answers certainly hasn't asked all the questions.
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9
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David Starr Jordan
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General
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Wisdom
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Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
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10
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John Lennon
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General
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Wisdom
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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
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11
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Chinese Proverb
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General
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Wisdom
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When you want to test the depth of a stream, don't use both feet.
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12
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Chinese Proverb
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General
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Wisdom
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If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.
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13
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Swedish Proverb
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General
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Wisdom
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Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
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14
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Confucius
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General
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Wisdom
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When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
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15
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Terrence
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General
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Wisdom
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I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example of himself.
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16
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Mary Wortley Montagu
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General
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Wisdom
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People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.
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17
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Lewis Carroll
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General
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Wisdom
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Everything has got a moral if you can only find it.
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18
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Proverb
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General
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Wisdom
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What the fool does in the end, the wise man does in the beginning.
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19
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Euripides
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General
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Wisdom
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Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
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20
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Ben Johnson
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General
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Wisdom
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He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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21
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English Proverb
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General
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Wisdom
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Make not the sauce til you have caught the fish.
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22
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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General
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Wisdom
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Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.
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23
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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General
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Wisdom
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Life consists of what man is thinking about all day.
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24
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Unknown
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General
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Wisdom
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He who rides a tiger can never dismount.
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25
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Marilyn vos Savant
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General
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Wisdom
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To acquire knowledge, one must study; But to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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26
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Shakespeare
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Literature
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Wisdom
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When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. King Lear Act II Sc. 1
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