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We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us w

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. – Robert E. Lee

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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun. – Franz Grillparzer

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Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. – Cyril Connolly

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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. – Sophocles

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Id rather regret the things Ive done than regret the things I havent done. – Lucille Ball

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