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Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. - Francis Quarles

Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. – Francis Quarles

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Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice. – Francis Quarles

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Anger
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Beware of him that is slow to anger for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury. – Francis Quarles

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Anger
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A nations treasure is its scholars. – Yiddish Proverb

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Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. – Mary Astell

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Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth. – Keith Miller

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To build a great company, which is a CEOs job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom. – Carly Fiorina

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In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonor or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying fools. Now the fact is that there is no Extreme Unction to absolve us of foolishness. We endure it here on earth as subjective eternity. – Jean Baudrillard

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Hope is patience with the lamp lit. – Tertullian

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Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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