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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Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this purpose. In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires… – Elizabeth Hardwick

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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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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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Cleverness is not wisdom. – Euripides

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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 result showed the wisdom of your orders. – John Bigelow

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Kindness is wisdom. – Philip James Bailey

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