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Quote by George Eliot
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. - Ge

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. – George Eliot

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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other? – George Eliot

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The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory. – George Eliot

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This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It is a dangerous and slippery slope upon which we stand when we reject what Solomon called the beginning of wisdom – the fear of God. – Ray Comfort

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Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. – Felix Frankfurter

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True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. – Akhenaton

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I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom. – Nina Totenberg

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I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? And for the last 20 years – youve got to pick yourself up and dust yourself off and then go on your merry way and start again, in a sense, and thats what Ive been doing. – Colin Hay

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