Thinking is the essence of wisdom
Persian Proverb
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb).
GREEK PROVERB A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
JOHN RUSSELL A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
JOHN RUSSELL A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL (1) A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom
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MOHAMMED REZA PAHLAVI A proverb is the child of experience.
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JOHN KEATS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
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JOHN KEATS The proverb is something musty.
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IDRIES SHAH An unwise advisor cannot hope to advise wisely.
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MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON When the Lord's request comes, will remove all other demands.
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IRFAN HUSAYN One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.
MARY RENAULT Gratitude is the heart's memory. -French Proverb.
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C. JOYBELL C. If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.
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IDRIES SHAH A wise man changes his mind, a fool never
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YUGOSLAV PROVERB One beggar at the door is enough. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole
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