A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
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If you would take, you must first give, this is
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists,
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place,
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
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Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together
Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove oneself a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
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In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures,
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
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O, what a tangled web we weave when first we
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!