Mary Astell about Wisdom : Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

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Wisdom

The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father the Son of His Love gives...
Wisdom

Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom and perhaps more...
Respect

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and...
Religion

Certain I am that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion.

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Benno C. Schmidt Jr.

Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual...
Lord John Russell

A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
Francis Hutcheson

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
Stanford Moore

This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have...

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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both this is an observation of the Middle Way.

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