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Wisdom comes by disillusionment. - George Santayana

Wisdom comes by disillusionment. – George Santayana

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It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. – George Santayana

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The degree in which a poets imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. – George Santayana

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Imagination
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The weak have remedies, the wise have joys superior wisdom is superior bliss. – Edward Young

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To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. – Wilson Mizner

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The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water. – Proverb

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A nations treasure is its scholars. – Yiddish Proverb

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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Theres no environment. Use your imagination. Theres no fourth wall, whether its the first time youve told this story about her life, or the sixth time. – Jill Clayburgh

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Ignorance is the curse of God knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. – William Shakespeare

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