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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. – William Penn

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Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers. – William Penn

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A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. – William Penn

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Friendship
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I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief. – Immanuel Kant

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Knowledge

A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, thats when cuisine is truly exciting. – Charlie Trotter

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Knowledge

No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings. – Ellsworth Huntington

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The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. – James Allen

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My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me. – William Jennings Bryan

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Completeness? Happiness? These words dont come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history. – Anita Baker

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Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. – Simone Weil

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