A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not, and often times we call a man cold when

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not, and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart.

I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart.

Fame comes only when deserved and then is as inevitable as destiny for it is destiny.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny for it is destiny.

A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

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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.

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    You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

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    One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

    Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.

    Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.

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