Quote by Jane Porter
Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from

Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. – Jane Porter

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Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared. – Jane Porter

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Imparting knowledge is only lighting other mens candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. – Jane Porter

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Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left. – Arianna Huffington

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A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything – African Proverb

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Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. – William Blake

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