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

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What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks. – Wade Davis

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And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also. – Thomas Reid

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The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom. – Ezra Stiles

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