They would need to be already wise in order to love wisdom.

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Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.

Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Freedom can occur only through education.

Freedom can occur only through education.

Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.

Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.

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    I love to travel, but hate to arrive.

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    The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven if you still know everything you're still seventeen.

    The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven, if you still know everything, you're still seventeen.

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