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One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.