Thought Provoking Words of Wisdom
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To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.
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Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding.
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Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
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I dreamed a thousand new paths … I woke up and walked my old one.
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If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
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He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself.
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Rotten wood cannot be carved.
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Men trip not on mountains, but on molehills.
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A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
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Like weather, one's fortune may change by the evening.
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
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Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
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A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
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The palest ink is better than the sharpest memory.
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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
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Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile.
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The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher.
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The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.
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To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation.
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A wise man makes his own decisions; an ignorant man follows public opinion.
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.