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Quote by Matsuo Basho
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. – Matsuo Basho

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Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that youre hopefully gaining wisdom and youre starting to watch things with a better overview. – Sheryl Crow

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Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. – Carl Sandburg

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Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition. – Riccardo Muti

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The left has come to regard common sense – the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community – as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. – Christopher Lasch

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