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Wisdom Quotes by Roger Ebert
- It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.
- What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable.
- I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.
- We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.
More Wisdom Quotes
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- Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey. — Rumi
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle