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Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choo

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

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Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time. – John Cheever

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When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places. – John Cheever

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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

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Getting along with men isnt whats truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man. – Phyllis McGinley

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I respect knowledge of the psyche. I would be a therapist if I werent an entertainer. – Jessica Simpson

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As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families. – William Glasser

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Most people who are selling their mineral rights, this is a once-in-a-lifetime transaction. The people who are buying, the landmen who are coming in, do it every day. So theres a little inequity there about knowledge. – Mike DeWine

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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. – Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, c.1420

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In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply cant build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. – Anne Frank

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