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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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It is unwise to be too sure of ones own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly. – Peter Guber

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This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdoms school. – Thomas Dekker

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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates

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