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Quote by Gustave Courbet
I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom I am one who is

I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients. – Gustave Courbet

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Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. – Gustave Courbet

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The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. – Gustave Courbet

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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. – Elizabeth Gaskell

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I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I dont have. – Laura Marling

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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. – Matsuo Basho

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Everyone is wise until he speaks. – Proverb

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I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet. – Candice Swanepoel

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When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps. – American Indian Proverb

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I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We havent tried that for a while. Maybe this time itll work. – George Carlin

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If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast. – Ernest Hemingway

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