Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
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William Shakespeare
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
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Paulo Coelho
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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Aristotle
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
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Paulo Coelho
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
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Confucius
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The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
You could move.' ---"Dear Abby" responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.