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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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Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it. – Mary Astell

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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acquired. – Joseph Roux

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