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Quote by Elizabeth Hardwick
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, th

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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Experience
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The fifties — they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment and its power to satisfy. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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Twentieth Century
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Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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teacher
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Life is one long experiment in learning. Who can be perfect all the time? Sometimes I feel half-wise, sometimes half-stupid. – Terri Guillemets

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I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. – Thomas Carlyle

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Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom. – Rush Limbaugh

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The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. – Edward Young

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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. – Proverb

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It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole great adventure of building up a collective peace system. – Arthur Henderson

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Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. – Proverb

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Real birthdays are not annual affairs. Real birthdays are the days when we have a new birth. – Ralph Parlette

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