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Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. - Laurence Sterne

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. – Laurence Sterne

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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor. – Laurence Sterne

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alone
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Only the brave know how to forgive… a coward never forgave it is not in his nature. – Laurence Sterne

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Nature
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Wisdom
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In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. – George Eliot

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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. – Francis Bacon

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The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom. – Ed Miliband

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Remembering is painful, its difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom. – Paul Greengrass

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I begged my mom to let me start skating. – Debi Thomas

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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. – Samuel Butler

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Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. – Samuel Johnson

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A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens… if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly… to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it? – Charles Ives

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