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Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.


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No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.



The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.



If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.



There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.



Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.



Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.



Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.



...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.



Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.



From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery.

From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery.





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Die! Die! Die in this love!If you die in this love, Your soul will be renewed. Die! Die! Don’t fear the death of that which is knownIf you die to the temporal, You will become timeless.



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And nobody is talking about taking guns away from hunters or sportsmen or banning all guns. Nobody is talking about that.



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When I hear women talking about how their wedding is going to be/was the best day of their life, I can’t help but think, You just haven’t taken enough MDMA in a field at 3 a.m., love.



I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.

I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.



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In the Ford Motor Company, we emphasize service equally with sales.



If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.

If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.



The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.

The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.




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