A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
