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Knowledge is our ultimate good.
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Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
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True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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If I can assign names as well as pictures to objects, the right assignment of them we may call truth, and the wrong assignment of them falsehood.
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A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.
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The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.
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To use words and phrases in an easygoing manner without scrutinizing them too curiously is not in general a mark of ill-breeding. On the contrary, there is something low-bred in being too precise. But sometimes there is no help for it
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