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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

William Arthur Ward

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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
Writer
Louisiana
United States
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Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
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If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
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Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing.
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