Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh and too selfish to seek other than itself.

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To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction is to live twice.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction is to live twice.

If you love somebody let them go for if they return they were always yours. And if they don't they

If you love somebody let them go, for if they return they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

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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.

    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.

    Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

    Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

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