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Though wisdom cannot be gotten with gold, still less can it be gotten without it.


Samuel Butler

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Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it.
SAMUEL BUTLER In life there are two kinds of money that can easily develop wings & fly away;money gotten from corr...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Ambition's true reward can only be gotten without ambition's trade.
LESLIE MIKLOSY How wild it was, to let it be.
T. S. ELIOT If we could have the ability to change the past and right our wrongs would it make us learn from any...
GARY F EVANS... To be in a time of technological change and advancement is an awesome thought indeed as long as it i...
GARY F EVANS... I am not as difficult to get as people think,for I can be easily gotten if only you can entice the p...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Be yourself, be who you can be.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Do not be afraid of failure, it is part of the learning process
SOTONYE ANGA Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would proba...
NEWT GINGRICH For though to smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be the rhetoric Of pedants counted, and vain-glor...
SAMUEL BUTLER (1) Over the last 10 years it's gotten to be less and less of a barrier,
MICHAEL VARTAN I have spend a lot of time on everything and what's impresses me about people I have written that in...
DEYTH BANGER I feel that although there are less teams, competition hasn't gotten any weaker. It is still going t...
KAITLIN CAREY Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found ou...
SUN TZU I've always felt like he hasn't gotten enough recognition. It would be neat for him to get recogniti...
MICHAEL BINGHAM When the broken hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.
CHRISTOPHER CHASE You are an adult and you don't understand me and what are the differences between the adult and the ...
DEYTH BANGER Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness ...
HERMANN HESSE You'll be okay. No matter what shape reality takes, you can handle it.
SHIRO AMANO One day, you muster the courage and let go of the fear. In a brief moment of insanity, you give wing...
K.J. KILTON In the past year, those who can be gotten rid of have been gotten rid of. Those who can be disposed ...
WANG XIAOFENG All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler.
SAMUEL BUTLER The rivalry's gotten back to where it used to be.
BUCKY DENT Knowledge can be communicated, but wisdom cannot. A man can find it, he can live it, he can be fille...
HERMANN HESSE The past, though it cannot be relived, can always be repaired.
JOHN LA FARGE I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced...
AMY GRANT It can be used to replace the revenues we would have gotten. It doesn't do it completely. It doesn't...
JACKIE NYTES She hasn't gotten sick yet. I know it can happen, but after a month, she is still doing fine.
DONNA YOUNG Drowning his misery with alcohol and junk food was like sticking plaster on an infected cut. It mask...
JAY NORTHCOTE MTV didn't exist in 1980, but by 1982, it had gotten to be a force to be reckoned with.
NICK RHODES If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a unive...
DANIEL CORMIER Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I'm sure one would...
EOIN COLFER I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot...
ERIC MCCORMACK My character, she's kind of gotten away with her looks, gotten away with her ability to charm people...
SEX AND THE CITY We can be Knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
MICHEL EYQUEM We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE We still struggle with it. I still feel like I'm new (at asthma management), ... You never know what...
DEREK JOHNSON There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature...
AMY GRANT You can be all that you want to be.
Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times.
SHAWN ASHMORE It should be fun. We've always gotten along really well. There will definitely be some bragging righ...
MATT BOWMAN Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wond...
HERMANN HESSE Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wond...
HERMAN HESSE Steadily, smoking has gotten to be known to be such a killer. It makes it difficult to put your lead...
DAVID IRVING One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by the...
STEVE CASE Life's biggest breakthroughs can be gotten when the art of gratitude is deeply appreciated.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Money last longer if it is gotten through labour,but if it is gotten easily it will fritter away.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and eva...
VANNEVAR BUSH I'm proud of the effort they gave all year. Everybody's disappointed, though. We wish we could've go...
BILL BERGER Knowledge is not the same as wisdom. You can know all the facts and still not be able to act wisely....
DAN SMITH If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to ...
LARRY MCMURTRY Better to feel nothing, to be numb, than to lose control. It's the only way I know to deal with it.
JULIE KAGAWA Getting on with her life is important. But right now it may be more important to put the feelings ou...
JENNIFER BROWN Hurricane forecasting has gotten much better over the years but it is still not an exact science.
ANDY NEWMAN She has gotten much better. She has gotten better with controlling the tempo.
CHERYL BUFFO Her hitting was her nemesis last year, but she still got to play good defense for us. She's gotten s...
LORI ALEXANDER Excellence is making a rubber shoe initially; later making a leather shoe; then later making a leath...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.
C.S. LEWIS If you can dream it, you can do it.
ENZO FERRARI Do the thing and you will have the power.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON It comes with the work and help of my teammates. I wouldn't be where I am now if it wasn't for my te...
EDDIE MILLER There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without...
AMY GRANT Human memory cannot be erased like that of a computer, it is though important to keep less garbage. ...
HARENDRA SAKSENA I still haven't gotten used to playing with them on the other side. I really haven't.
BRAD CHALK You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.
EMMA THOMPSON Great stats right there. I haven't played particularly well in the Shootouts. Even though I haven't ...
DEDRICK FINN Even though loneliness affects so many of us, it has gotten scant research attention compared to rel...
ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG It certainly hasn't gotten any better.
MATHEW REEVES Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c...
GERMANY KENT There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that...
SAMUEL JOHNSON I could do it, ... I've actually figured out a way, even though the characters have gotten older, to...
QUENTIN TARANTINO Be all that you can be.
You can be great.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA He's gotten really big. He's a heck of a player. I loved him last year as a freshman, but when I loo...
BILL HERRION We've pushed and pushed and gotten nowhere, ... The only time we've gotten anywhere is because Hilla...
JERROLD NADLER Muslims and Jews have gotten along for centuries, longer that either has gotten along with Christian...
MICHAEL BERDINE How many more of us are faking the facade? How many more of us are pretending to be something we're ...
KATIE MCGARRY You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married."

"I...
SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS I'm the living embodiment of 'it could be worse'.
DAN HOWELL Be humble!! Be wise!! Be wild!! Be love!! Be cute!! Be sexy!! Be sweet!! Be bold!! Okaaaayyyy... Be ...
ABHISHEK KUMAR It was amazing how good we were, ... I had forgotten how good we could be, because it had gotten so ...
CHARLIE WHITEHURST I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup ...
MAGGIE Q He had gotten second place, gotten his best time. It was the coolest thing in the world, because he ...
KAREN STEGER Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the l...
PLATO I'll be blunt: Money's gotten buggy.
DAN KAMINSKY She's gotten better. In a few days, she'll be released.
DR. HUSEYIN AVNI SAHIN in historical context it has gotten worse.
ALI AL If you have gotten bored with God, you have gotten disconnected with the most fascinating, intoxicat...
CATHERINE TOON This tells you we've gotten hammered in the Cascades with snow, while we've gotten hammered in the V...
BRUCE SUSSMAN The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms. Armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor ca...
TACITUS The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor ca...
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS It's a wonderful thing, as time goes by, to be with someone who looks into your face, when you've go...
THE BACHELOR People always get used to beauty, though. I haven’t gotten used to you just yet
JOHN GREEN People always get used to beauty, though." "I haven't gotten used to you just yet.
JOHN GREEN sing the song and let people do the interpretation. It is your duty to sing the unsung songs and it ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its o...
W. R. INGE It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own...
WILLIAM RALPH INGE It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own...
W. R. [WILLIAM RALPH] INGE

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SAMUEL BUTLER A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
SAMUEL BUTLER Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it.
SAMUEL BUTLER For Wealth are all things that conduce, to one's destruction or their use. A standard both to buy an...
SAMUEL BUTLER Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
SAMUEL BUTLER Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, i...
SAMUEL BUTLER An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God ha...
SAMUEL BUTLER The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in ...
SAMUEL BUTLER To swallow gudgeons ere they're catched, And count their chickens ere they're hatched
SAMUEL BUTLER People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been ...
SAMUEL BUTLER Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate
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