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True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and… — Ellen G. White
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. — Alfred North Whitehead
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended. — Alfred North Whitehead
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of… — Walt Whitman
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. — Oscar Wilde
Our greatest stupidities may be very wise. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind. — William Wordsworth
Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. — Steve Wozniak
The truth is more important than the facts. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. — William Butler Yeats
If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. — William Butler Yeats
It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them. — Brigham Young
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. — Edward Young
The wise man reads both books and life itself. — Lin Yutang
I did theatre in the U.S. because there, content-wise, it's very light. In India, theatre tends to get preachy. — Vir Das
It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility,… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out… — George MacDonald
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results. — Mahatma Gandhi
Over the years they both reached the same wise conclusion by different paths: it was not possible to live together in any other way, or… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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