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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d rather have been talking.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can’t expect an angel to look out.

The poor man is always a child, and the rich man is always a fool.

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

You don’t have to be a genius to be a good person, but it helps.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child’s board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.