"Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an……" — Elizabeth Gilbert

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• The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge… — Thomas Huxley
• That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as… — Alexander Hamilton
• That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true. — Yanni
• Gold is where you find it, according to an old adage, but judging from the record of our experience, oil… — Wallace Pratt
• Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff… — Adam Carolla
• I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a… — Paul Thomas Anderson
• A well-worn adage advises those who set out upon a great enterprise to count the cost, yet some of the… — Thomas Huxley
• America is full of businesses bearing old Christian names, but which are really owned and run by Jews. Most of… — Samuel Roth

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