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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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The thing that we possess, that machines dont, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. – Herbie Hancock

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No man was ever wise by chance. – Seneca

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Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young. – Rabindranath Tagore

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I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. – John Keats

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