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Quote by Mary Astell
Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and t

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. – Mary Astell

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The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it. – Mary Astell

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How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? – Mary Astell

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Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart. – William Dean Howells

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Kindness is wisdom. – Philip James Bailey

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There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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But I do think its important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books. – China Mieville

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For me, London is and always will be home. – Clive Owen

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The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists. – Marcel Masse

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Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. – Aldous Huxley

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We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth – then its far too late when they pass away. – George Harrison

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