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I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few r

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest. – John Buchan

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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. – John Buchan

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Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. – John Buchan

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Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love. – Honore de Balzac

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If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, youre not going to want to keep it to yourself. Youre going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it. – will.i.am

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To build a great company, which is a CEOs job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom. – Carly Fiorina

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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. – Francis Bacon

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One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that its such a nice change from being young. – William Feather

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