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The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His L

The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in Gods Eyes. – Mary Astell

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Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it. – Mary Astell

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Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. – Mary Astell

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But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband? – Mary Astell

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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. – William Blake

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A wholesome oblivion of ones neighbours is the beginning of wisdom. – Richard Le Gallienne

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The prince who would know all, must ignore much. – Domitius Afer, translated from Latin

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Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. – Theodore Isaac Rubin

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