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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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If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail. – Francis Quarles

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Mixing ones wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. – Bertolt Brecht

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Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young. – Rabindranath Tagore

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The extreme limit of wisdom, thats what the public calls madness. – Jean Cocteau

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The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar youre in. – Wilson Mizner

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