The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

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Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it...

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.

The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best...

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best...

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities...

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities...

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this...

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make...

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make...

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no...

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no...

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of...

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of...

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below...

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below...

I'll endorse with my name any of the following; clothing AC-DC, cigarettes, small tapes, sound...

I'll endorse with my name any of the following; clothing AC-DC, cigarettes, small tapes, sound...

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more

The insolence of wealth will creep out

The insolence of wealth will creep out

Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore...

Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore...

I'll endorse with my name any of the following; clothing AC-DC, cigarettes, small tapes, sound...

I'll endorse with my name any of the following; clothing AC-DC, cigarettes, small tapes, sound...

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

You want me to act like we've never kissed, you want to forget; pretend we've...

You want me to act like we've never kissed, you want to forget; pretend we've...

One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only...

One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only...