To be ignorant of the future is a condition of mortal existence, with which one can make terms. To be ignorant of the present, where it concerns the life of those one loves, is an additional burden almost beyond endurance.
Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.
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Winston S. Churchill
The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.
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Joe Abercrombie
But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.
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Jane Austen
It takes a very long time to become young.
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Pablo Picasso
Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.
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Joe Abercrombie
More Quotes By Frances J. Woodward
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.
Education is that process by which thought is opened out of the soul, and, associated with outward. things, is reflected back upon itself, and thus made conscious of its reality and shape. It is Self-Realization. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>As a means, therefore, of educating the soul...
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.
