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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Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. – Mo Udall

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Im someone whos done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s. – Elizabeth McGovern

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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest. – Pindar

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