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What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? - Norman Dougl

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

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There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect it bids a man to ponder or create and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide. – Norman Douglas

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Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature. – Paul Ricoeur

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Though sages may pour out their wisdoms treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. – Lord Byron

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As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago… I think if I feel any more free its simply because of the experiences that Ive had, and the wisdom Ive accumulated from that time. – Mary Chapin Carpenter

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You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens. – Ethel Barrymore

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