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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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Arrive Death Departure Die God Life Separate
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Divine Immortal Men Peace Soul
Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Honesty Necessary True Truth
Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Deep Healing Love Need One Liner
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Death Excellence Goodness Individual Men Wealth
Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Couple Deep Discuss Relationship Speak
Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Agriculture Ignorant Man Problem Wheat
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Knowledge One Liner True Wisdom
If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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Forever Greedy Human Nature Suffering
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Deep Eat Funny Live One Liner
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Debate Failure Loser Lost Slander
The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Beginning One Liner Positive Wisdom
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Decide Deliver Enable Inspirational Instinct Poet Poetry Wisdom
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Attitude Be Yourself One Liner Self Love
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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