Quote #87

Tact: 'People can be divided from their ignorance more easily by gentle strikes on a wedge than with blunt hammering at their toughest seams. Sometimes the best use of intelligence is to simply not let others know your thoughts.'

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  1. Change: 'Small victories, when added together, can become the sum of change.'
  2. Education: 'One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.'
  3. Change: 'One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and pur…
  4. Listening: 'One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.'
  5. Manners: 'No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.'
  6. Education: 'Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passio…
  7. Loans: 'Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.'
  8. Knowledge: 'Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.'

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