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Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere,

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. – Josh Billings

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If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. – Josh Billings

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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. – Josh Billings

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Theres always a miasma of misinformation emerging from the higher education sector as to which are the best courses to take. My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground. – David Puttnam

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He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. – Edgar R. Fiedler

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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. – Charles Caleb Colton

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The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that wont be true in the future. – Roone Arledge

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My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my fathers head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. – Alice Walker

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