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title: "7 Principal Thing Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/proverbs-in-the-bible/wisdom-is-the-principal-thing-therefore-get-wisdom/)

[Proverbs In The Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/proverbs-in-the-bible/)

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> [“Wisdom Is The Principal Thing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kayode-infomart/wisdom-is-the-principal-thing/)

[kayode Infomart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kayode-infomart/)

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> [The principal, the only, thing a man makes, is his condition of fate. Though commonly he does not know it, nor put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-principal-the-only-thing-a-man-makes-is-his-condition-of-fate/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“Wisdom is the principal thing. The principle to discover the principal thing is "the fear of the Lord". Fear God and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/wisdom-is-the-principal-thing-the-principle-to-discover-the-principal/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [“You cannot occupy a proper place on earth without wisdom. It is the principal thing you must have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-johnson/you-cannot-occupy-a-proper-place-on-earth-without-wisdom-it-is-the/)

[Patience Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patience-johnson/)

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> [The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/the-principal-thing-in-this-world-is-to-keep-one-s-soul-aloft/)

[Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/)

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> [Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/everyone-thinks-that-the-principal-thing-to-the-tree-is-the-fruit-but/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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