Emotion Quote by Learned Hand

“Life is not a thing of knowing only--nay, mere knowledge has properly no place at all save as it becomes the handmaiden of feeling and emotions.”

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Emotion Feeling And Emotions Feelings Feelings and emotions Knowing Knowledge Life Life is Mere

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The successful competitor, having been urged to compete, must not be turned upon when he wins.

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Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.

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