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The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life. ↗

— John Chrysostom

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I performed adequately at school, but in comparison to my older brother, who set the record for the highest cumulative average for our high school, my performance was decidedly mediocre. ↗

— Steven Chu

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Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have. ↗

— Sarah Fielding

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This sense of power is the highest and best of pleasures when the belief on which it is founded is a true belief, and has been fairly earned by investigation. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

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I've been really at the highest levels of American political life. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

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The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service. ↗

— Arthur Hugh Clough

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There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest. ↗

— Confucius

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To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession. ↗

— William Standish Knowles

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The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life. ↗

— Henry Ford

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Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that. ↗

— Aretha Franklin

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