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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas,

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. – Erica Jong

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When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order. – Erica Jong

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There is still the feeling that womens writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge. – Erica Jong

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Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. – George William Curtis

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A wholesome oblivion of ones neighbours is the beginning of wisdom. – Richard Le Gallienne

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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. – Abraham Maslow

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The prince who would know all, must ignore much. – Domitius Afer, translated from Latin

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