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> [The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-vedanta-teaches-men-to-have-faith-in-themselves-first/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/astronomy-as-nothing-else-can-do-teaches-men-humility/)

[Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/)

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> [“Anyone who teaches men how to die would teach them how to live.36”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/anyone-who-teaches-men-how-to-die-would-teach-them-how-to-live-36/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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> [Trouble teaches men how much there is in manhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/trouble-teaches-men-how-much-there-is-in-manhood/)

[Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/)

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> [Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/woe-to-him-who-teaches-men-faster-than-they-can-learn/)

[Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/)

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> [“since it was impossible, without God, to come to a knowledge of God, He teaches men, through His Word, to know God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/since-it-was-impossible-without-god-to-come-to-a-knowledge-of-god-he/)

[The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-church-fathers/)

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> [“History teaches us that men and nations only behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." --”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abba-eban/history-teaches-us-that-men-and-nations-only-behave-wisely-once-they/)

[Abba Eban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abba-eban/)

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> [Since it is impossible, without God, to come to knowledge of God, he teaches men through his Word to know God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/since-it-is-impossible-without-god-to-come-to-knowledge-of-god-he/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

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> [Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/surely-human-affairs-would-be-far-happier-if-the-power-in-men-to-be-3/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

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> [Experience teaches, that men are often so much governed by what they are accustomed to see and practice, that the simplest and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/experience-teaches-that-men-are-often-so-much-governed-by-what-they/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [Our historical experience teaches us that men imitate one another, that their attitudes are statistically calculable, their opinions manipulable, and that man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/our-historical-experience-teaches-us-that-men-imitate-one-another/)

[Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/)

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