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    Albert Einstein
    “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: adaptation, flexibility, intelligence, open-mindedness, wisdom
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    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
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    Maurice Switzer
    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    ― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
    tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Aristotle
    “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: introspection, self-discovery, wisdom
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    Socrates
    “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: knowledge, wisdom
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    Isaac Asimov
    “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: life, science, wisdom
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    Albert Einstein
    “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: knowledge, learning, understanding, wisdom
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    Fran Lebowitz
    “Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
    ― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader
    tags: advice-for-daily-living, books, reader, reading, speaking, thinking, wisdom
    7770 likes

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    Oprah Winfrey
    “Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
    ― Oprah Winfrey
    tags: experience, inspirational, pain, wisdom, wounds
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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
    ― Rumi
    tags: change, cleverness, misattributed, self, wisdom, world
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
    tags: hatred, wisdom
    5469 likes

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    Truman Capote
    “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
    ― Truman Capote
    tags: experience, failure, metaphor, success, wisdom
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    J.M. Barrie
    “I'm not young enough to know everything.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, The Admirable Crichton
    tags: wisdom
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    Jimi Hendrix
    “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens”
    ― Jimi Hendrix
    tags: wisdom
    3623 likes



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