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Wisdom Quotes

"Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise."

"When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today..."

"The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life."

"Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied"

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school"

"It is foolish to wish for beauty Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others"

"In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance "

"We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!"

"Be as you wish to seem"

"The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; a wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be."

"The best books... are those that tell you what you know already."

"Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius"

"Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so"

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?"

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