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wisdom expectations looks
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule. Charles Dickens
wisdom knowledge literature
We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed. Charles Caleb Colton
wisdom intelligence literature
Mystery is not profoundness. Charles Caleb Colton
wisdom next profit
The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others. Charles Caleb Colton
wisdom believe errors
Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Charles Caleb Colton
wisdom perfection
Perfection doesn't exist... only good attempts. Charles Caleb Colton
wisdom character
The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody's watching. Charles Caleb Colton
wisdom ifs
What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out? Charles Caleb Colton
wisdom age next
Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. Charles Simmons
civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
civilization savages fragility
They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. Camille Paglia
diversity may imbalance
While local economies may experience significant price imbalances, a national severe price distortion seems most unlikely in the United States, given its size and diversity. Alan Greenspan
diversity natural force
What is certain is that plurality and diversity are not, and never can be, a natural 'byproduct' of unregulated market forces. David Puttnam
diversity challenges climate
At the Global Crop Diversity Trust, we work to conserve the diversity that will allow the adaptation and evolution of our agricultural crops in the context of climate change and other challenges. Cary Fowler
diversity community littles
Perhaps it matters little whether the international community chooses to celebrate crop diversity, but it profoundly matters that the international community takes action to conserve it. Cary Fowler
diversity people mind
To many people, 'biodiversity' is almost synonymous with the word 'nature,' and 'nature' brings to mind steamy forests and the big creatures that dwell there. Fair enough. But biodiversity is much more than that, for it encompasses not only the diversity of species, but also the diversity within species. Cary Fowler
diversity needs doe
The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples. Carter G. Woodson
diversity age rooms
There's room for a diversity of ages on television. Bill Kurtis
diversity gains bitter
We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity, or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife. Earl Warren
diversity want opinion
Theres so much diversity of opinion out there, so ultimately you have to listen to it, put it aside, and make what you want to make. David Twohy