To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

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I respect faith but doubt is what gives you an education.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

I've spent several years in Hollywood and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

I've spent several years in Hollywood and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

I hate careless flattery the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have t

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

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    There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

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

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

    Good night and sweet dreams, my love!

    Good night and sweet dreams, my love!

    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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