“Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.”
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“We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.”
― Dark Horse
― Dark Horse
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“We do not need more intellectual power; we need more moral power. We do not need more knowledge; we need more character. We do not need more government; we need more culture. We do not need more law; we need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen; we need more of the things that are unseen”
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Classics and the Western Canon
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