You Who'd be Wise" from "Ben Mishle" written sometime between 1013 and 1050 C.E.

You who'd be wise
should inquire
into the nature of
justice and evil
from your teachers,
seekers like yourself,
and the students
who question your answer.

Shmuel HaNagid

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The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is.

Susan Sontag

Tags: wisdom knowledge ignorance truth-telling

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Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.

G.K. Chesterton

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he who will not economize will have to agonize

Confucius

Tags: wisdom knowledge suffering ignorance frugality

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the only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you cant ignore it, top it; if you cant top it, laugh at it; if you cant laugh at it, its probably deserved

Russell Lynes

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The friend is a human Eden
But Eden is so easily lost
When you choose, choose wisely
Before you share, count the cost

Genieve Dawkins

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Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day to force the Muse to show up. You get into the habit of writing every day so that when she shows up, you have the maximum chance of catching her, bashing her on the head, and squeezing every last drop out of that bitch.

Lili St. Crow

Tags: humor wisdom writing humour funny humor-work humorous writers-block writer writers-on-writing writing-philosophy funny-as-hell funny-stuff funny-quotes

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Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than good. Moreover, a lout thrashing about in the clear waters of wisdom will dirty those waters for everyone else.

Tom Robbins

Tags: wisdom discretion foolishness

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Saying 'I could have done more,' Zin, is what marks a man as a man and not a God.

R. Scott Bakker

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It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.

Margaret Wander Bonanno

Tags: wisdom truth happiness live basis happily-ever-after daily

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