Norman Douglas's Quote - The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to

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The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to

The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. – Norman Douglas

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They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves. – Norman Douglas

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Why always “not yet”? Do flowers in spring say “not yet”? – Norman Douglas

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What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? – Norman Douglas

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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. – Aristophanes

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Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. – Theodore Isaac Rubin

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Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one. – Proverb

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Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous. – Zhuang Zi

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I enjoy collecting quotations. When I find a choice one I pounce on it like a lepidopterist. My day is made. When I lose one because I did not copy it out at once I feel bereft. – R.I. Fitzhenry, preface to The David & Charles Book of Quotations, September 198

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Eternity is in love with the productions of time. – William Blake

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It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile? – Jean de la Bruyere

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Swimming: From the outside looking in, you can’t understand it. From the inside looking out, you can’t explain it. – Author Unknown

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