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Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, inf

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

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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. – Cyril Connolly

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As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. – Cyril Connolly

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I dont think I really have any wisdom. Stay out of trouble. Good luck. Stay away from women because they will burn you, haha. – Jason Aldean

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To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom. – Jose Bergamin

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