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Wisdom lives between the facts To test a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln
If you can set your principles aside they are not your principles Experience is a hard teacher. It gives the test before the lesson
The words of an enemy hurt less than the silence of a friend Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length -Robert Frost
Wisdom comes when we realize how little we understand -Socrates When you throw dirt you lose ground
The bad news: Nothing is permanent. The good news: Nothing is permanent A good friend is the best mirror
Children learn more from models than from critics Nostalgia is a seductive liar
Eternity laughs at our worries The means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek -MLK
Facts seldom change what someone wants to believe We suffer more in imagination than in reality -Seneca
A wise man knows little, a fool knows everything A wise man values his enemies more than a fool values his friends
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible -Stanislaw Lec Don’t believe anything that you are unwilling to doubt
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. -Schopenhauer The nail that sticks up will be hammered down
Direction is more important than speed Darkness cannot drove out darkness: only light can do that _Martin Luther King, Jr.
Imagination is the preview of life’s coming attractions All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing. -Edmund Burke
Everyone pushes a falling fence - Chinese Proverb Home~ where you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to return
Bad advice is the easiest to take -French proverb They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -Plato
Knowledge without integrity is dangerous -Samuel Johnson Worry is a poor use of imagination
What we learn from history is that we fail to learn from history Not every successful man is a good father but every good father is a successful man
Grief is simply love that has lost its home Who knows little, doubts little -Spanish proverb
If you have no good reason to stay, that's a good reason to go Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter -Martin Luther King
Reality is a collective hunch -Mel Seesholtz Smart solves problems. Wise avoids them
The system is you Every ass loves its bray
Honesty is praised and left to starve A fool and water take only the easy way
It is better to question without deciding than to decide without questioning A good library will contain something to offend everyone
Imagination is more important than knowledge -Albert Einstein We are complicit when we can act but do not
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous -Mencius Everything is temporary
Nothing good ever comes of violence. -Martin Luther What you feel in yourself, you see in the world -Afghan proverb
If your friends never challenge your beliefs, they’re fans, not friends There is never enough time if you do not begin
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