We live by information, not by sight.

Help others solve their problems; standing farther away, you can often see matters more clearly than they do. . . The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him or her help themselves.

The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Admiration is the basis of ignorance.

Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.

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