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Quote by George Santayana
The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. – George Santayana

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Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. – George Santayana

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Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana

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I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. – George Santayana

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Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation. – Robert H. Schuller

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They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom. – Friedrich Schiller

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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers groceries causes change in our nutrition. – Richard Clark

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When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it. – Arabic Proverb

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