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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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Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people. They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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Welfare
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Elizabeth Hardwick
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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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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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And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. – Joseph Story

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If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom. – Nigel Farage

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I probably wouldnt be a songwriter if I didnt grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age thats served me well. – Ray LaMontagne

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Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one. – Proverb

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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea. – Francis Bacon

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When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it. – Arabic Proverb

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Being black is not a matter of pigmentation – being black is a reflection of a mental attitude. – Steven Biko

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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. – Charles Caleb Colton

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