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The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek u

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

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Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority. – Edward Young

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Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom. – Jonathan Sacks

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Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. – Doug Larson

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Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. – John Updike

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