#wisdom

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God. ↗

— Ralph Cudworth

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Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way. ↗

— George Crabbe

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I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible; the world has written its own. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #impossible #literature #literature-quotes #philosophy

Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn't all have to be by tomorrow! ↗

— William Eardley IV

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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ↗

— Henry Ford

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Honesty is the best policy. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#exceptions #knows #man #old #old man

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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