wisdom
A selected quote by Arnold Bennett.
The most important preliminary to the task of arranging one's life so that one may live fully and comfortably within one's daily budget of twenty-four hours is the calm realisation of the extreme difficulty of the task, of the sacrifices and the endless effort which it demands.
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I think, therefore I am.
All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.
It is never too late to be wise.
Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things