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Wisdom Quotes by Thomas Carlyle
- In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
- I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
- If you will believe me, you who are young, yours is the golden season of life. As you have heard it called, so it verily…
- Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
- The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent.
- Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people will be heard and their latent wisdom will prevail
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
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- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
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- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold