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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not pleas

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. – Sophocles

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No man was ever wise by chance. – Seneca

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Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom. – Havelock Ellis

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You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact. – Harry Dean Stanton

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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. – George Eliot

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