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Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. – Thomas B. Macaulay

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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. – John Henry Newman

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I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that its more interesting to have an album – or, indeed, an individual song – which has variety rather than homogeneity. – Peter Hammill

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Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous. – Zhuang Zi

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Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. – Wallace Stegner

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