Quote by Maurice Maeterlinck
It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born o

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured. – Michael D. Higgins

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Memory is not wisdom idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory? – Martin Farquhar Tupper

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We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already. – Georg C. Lichtenberg

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If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit. – Charles Stanley

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