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Wisdom Quotes by Will Durant
- Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom…
- Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard
- Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
- The world wisely prefers happiness to wisdom.
- And last are the few whose delight is in meditation and understanding; who yearn not for goods, nor for victory, but for knowledge; who leave…
- Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty.
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- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
- The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. — Paulo Coelho