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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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Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes. – Richard Cecil

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As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that its a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building. – Jane Byrne

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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story. – Bob Woodward

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My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regimes strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them. – Ma Jian

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Well… Actually I got picked because I was the only one who fit the wedding gown – they had my size. – Kevin McDonald

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