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Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he w

Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy? – Allan Bloom

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The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency – the belief that the here and now is all there is. – Allan Bloom

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There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. – Allan Bloom

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The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise. – Bhagavad Gita

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To be clever enough to get all the money, one must be stupid enough to want it. – G. K. Chesterton

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You must not enthrone ignorance just because there is much of it. – Proverb

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Old card players never die, they just shuffle away. – Author Unknown

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. – Aristotle

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Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational. – Herbert Simon

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I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 oclock on a Friday night and not get up again until 6:30 Monday morning. – Patty Duke

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