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- Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.
- Julius Rosenwald (1862 - 1932)
- The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
- William James (1842 - 1910)
- Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC)
- Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.
- William Congreve (1670 - 1729)
- It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
- If you can't be funny, be interesting.
- Harold Ross
- If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
- Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.
- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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