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| Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed | Sir William Temple | 1628-1699, British Diplomat, Essayist |
| Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. | Sir William Temple | 1628-1699, British Diplomat, Essayist |
| A multitude of books distracts the mind. | Socrates | BC 469-399, Greek Philosopher of Athens |
| Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about. | Solomon Short | |
| I grow old learning something new every day. | Solon | 636?-558? B.C., Greek Statesman |
| Speech is the mirror of action. | Solon | 636?-558? B.C., Greek Statesman |
| How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. | Soren Kierkegaard | 1813-1855, Danish Philosopher, Writer |
| People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. | Soren Kierkegaard | 1813-1855, Danish Philosopher, Writer |
| Reading the Scriptures is an uplifting experience. | Source Unknown | |
| Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot read. | Source Unknown | |
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| In any situation, ask yourself: What strengths do I possess that can contribute towards accomplishing something in this situation? Then follow through. | Source Unknown | |
| I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs. | Source Unknown | |
| The men -- the undergraduates of Yale and Princeton are cleaner, healthier, better-looking, better dressed, wealthier and more attractive than any undergraduate body in the country. | Source Unknown | |
| College-bred is a four-year loaf, using dad's dough, Coming out half-baked, with a lot of crust. | Source Unknown | |
| Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all. | Source Unknown | |
| Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke. | Source Unknown | |
| Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses. | Source Unknown | |
| When you don't have an education, you've got to use your brains. | Source Unknown | |
| You think you are clever until you find out how smart you are | Source Unknown | |
| The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. | Source Unknown | |
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| It is little that one gains by cleverness. | Source Unknown | |
| If you were graduated yesterday, and have learned nothing today, you will be uneducated tomorrow. | Source Unknown | |
| He who is proficient is learning, but deficient in morals, is more deficient than proficient. | Source Unknown | |
| It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts. | Source Unknown | |
| Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers. | Source Unknown | |
| Many people realize their hearts desires late in life. Continue learning, never stop striving and keep your curiosity sharp, and you will never become too old to appreciate life. | Source Unknown | |
| Some people will never learn anything well, because they understand everything too soon. | Source Unknown | |
| Learn to follow counsel, serve faithfully, and magnify your calling, for God's kingdom is a kingdom of order. | Source Unknown | |
| An hour spent in the library is worth a month in the laboratory. | Source Unknown | |
| I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library. | Source Unknown | |
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| We must treasure the achievers of our land because it's they who raise the sights of all the others. | Source Unknown | |
| If you are tempted to lose patience with your fellowman; stop and think how patient God has been with you. | Source Unknown | |
| Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow -- that is patience. | Source Unknown | |
| Patience is counting down without blasting off | Source Unknown | |
| Patience carries a lot of wait | Source Unknown | |
| Like farmers we need to learn that we cannot sow and reap the same day. | Source Unknown | |
| A patient man is one who can put up with himself. | Source Unknown | |
| Of all the things that tax a man's patience, there's nothing to compare with a stuck zipper. | Source Unknown | |
| I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. | Source Unknown | |
| Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. | Source Unknown | |
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| Never try to impress people with the profundity of your thought by the obscurity of your language. Whatever has been thoroughly thought through can be stated simply. | Source Unknown | |
| If you don't want to read it, see it or hear it, don't say it. | Source Unknown | |
| A talk is like a woman's dress. Long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to be interesting. | Source Unknown | |
| A long tongue shortens life. | Source Unknown | |
| I've decided to discontinue my long talks. It's because of my throat. Someone threatened to cut it. | Source Unknown | |
| Dios tarda pero no olvida -- God delays but doesn't forget. | Spanish Proverb | Sayings of Spanish Origin |
| You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here. | Spike Lee | 1956-, American Film director |
| Acquire a firm will and the utmost patience. | Sri Anandamayi Ma | 1896-1982, Bengali Spiritual Teacher |
| There is no time of life past learning something. | St. Ambrose | 340-397, Bishop of Milan |
| Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew - | St. Francis De Sales | 1567-1622, Roman Catholic Bishop, Writer |
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