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Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information.
Information
T. S. Eliot

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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
Wisdom
Queen Elizabeth

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Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.
Death and Dying
Alice Thomas Ellis

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However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.
Danger
Havelock Ellis

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Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.
Jealousy
Havelock Ellis

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Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.
Fools and Foolishness
Havelock Ellis

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The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.
Diversity
James T. Ellison

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Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live.
Writers and Writing
Lucy Ellman

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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.
Friends and Friendship
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Friends and Friendship
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.
Friends and Friendship
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Accept your genius and say what you think.
Genius
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Art is the path of the creator to his work.
Arts and Artists
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Thoughts and Thinking
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.
Cities and City Life
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.
Cities and City Life
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well.
Economy and Economics
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Common Sense
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.
Conversation
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Do what you know and perception is converted into character.
Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every mind has a choice between truth and repose. Take which you please you can never have both.
Truth
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.
Health
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
Charity
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
Friends and Friendship
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun