“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”
— Jimi Hendrix
Author: Jimi Hendrix
Category: wisdom
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People think that computer science is the
“People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on eachother, like a wall of mini stones.”
— Donald Knuth
Author: Donald Knuth
Category: science
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As in nature, as in art, so
“As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster.”
— Thomas Guthrie
Author: Thomas Guthrie
Category: nature
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One of the evils of money is
“One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.”
— E. M. Forster
Author: E. M. Forster
Category: money
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Property is not the sacred right. When
“Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.”
— Lord Acton
Author: Lord Acton
Category: society
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The world is full of willing people;
“The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”
— Robert Frost
Author: Robert Frost
Category: work
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No experience is a cause of success
“No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma – but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.”
— Alfred Adler
Author: Alfred Adler
Category: success
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Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious
“Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing – and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.”
— Olympia Snowe
Author: Olympia Snowe
Category: politics
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With all the knowledge and skill acquired
“With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my first flight on a strange machine in a twenty-seven mile wind, even if I knew that the machine had already been flown and was safe.”
— Orville Wright
Author: Orville Wright
Category: knowledge
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A nation is a society united by
“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.”
— William Ralph Inge
Author: William Ralph Inge
Category: society
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The function of education is to teach
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Category: intelligence
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