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If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to w

If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness. – Jane Smiley

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There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market. – Jane Smiley

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The thing about Republicans is that they dont care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others. – Jane Smiley

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To keep your secret is wisdom to expect others to keep it is folly. – William Samuel Johnson

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Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. – George William Curtis

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Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. – John Patrick

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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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