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Quote by Samuel Smiles
Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individ

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. – Samuel Smiles

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We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. – Samuel Smiles

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The very greatest things – great thoughts, discoveries, inventions – have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. – Samuel Smiles

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Im as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! – Samuel Smiles

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It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. – Margaret Fuller

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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. – Lactantius

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A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything – African Proverb

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The wisdom of the crowds is the most ridiculous statement Ive heard in my life. Crowds are dumb. – Drew Curtis

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