Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wi

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. – Elizabeth Gaskell

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My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling. – Elizabeth Gaskell

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Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young. – Rabindranath Tagore

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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates

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