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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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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. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. – John Cheever

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

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He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants. – Friedrich August von Hayek

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A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge. – B. H. Liddell Hart

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Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries. – John Tyndall

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While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or social harm. – Dorothy Denning

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Ive been to war, and its not easy to kill. Its bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious. – Oliver Stone

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It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans. – Robert Lynd

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