Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

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If a man's fortune does not fit him it is like the shoe in the story, if too large it trips him up

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story, if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

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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.

    My heart never knew loneliness until you went away.

    My heart never knew loneliness until you went away.

    The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

    The biggest seller is cookbooks, and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

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