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Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. – John Cheever

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All literary men are Red Sox fans – to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. – John Cheever

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Society
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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. – John Cheever

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Beauty
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Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power – power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. – Paul Davies

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I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House. – George McGovern

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Capucci was the biggest schooling I had. It wasnt just about the technical knowledge, such as color and volume, but also about the secret rules, and the beautiful codes of respect between the atelier and the master. – Giambattista Valli

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The first step in a persons salvation is knowledge of their sin. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought. – John Jay Chapman

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Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the question with what the student had really wanted to know. – Leslie Fiedler

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Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work. – Caroline Kennedy

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Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. – Khalil Gibran

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