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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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There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say. – 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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Analysts may be correct that the presidential election wont primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins. – David Limbaugh

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No man was ever wise by chance. – Seneca

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However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue. – Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it. – Mary Astell

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Persevere and get it done. – George Allen

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That is a secondary teacher conception – the writer as an observer. – Peter Bichsel

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