What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.

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Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men, and yet they stay alive.

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship and it is the best ending for one.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

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    I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed... from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty.

    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.

    Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

    Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

    Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way

    Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

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