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    Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

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He went like one that hath been stunn'd,
And is of sense forlorn:
A sadder and a read more

He went like one that hath been stunn'd,
And is of sense forlorn:
A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.

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Take her up tenderly,
Lift her with care;
Fashioned so slenderly,
Young and so read more

Take her up tenderly,
Lift her with care;
Fashioned so slenderly,
Young and so fair!

by Thomas Hood Found in: Misfortune Quotes,
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Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.

Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.

by Boyd K. Packer Found in: Misfortune Quotes,
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Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

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Cleverness is not wisdom.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

by Euripides Found in: Cleverness Quotes,
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Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men read more

Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Misfortune Quotes,
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Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.

Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.

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A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire read more

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

by Israel Zangwill Found in: Cleverness Quotes,
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The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that read more

The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.

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