#The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Make your friends your teachers and blend the usefulness of learning with the pleasure of conversation.

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 Make your friends your teachers and blend the usefulness of learning with the pleasure of conversation.

Nov 17,2022

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Don’t defend the wrong side out of stubbornness, just because your opponent happened to arrive first and choose the right side.

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 Don’t defend the wrong side out of stubbornness, just because your opponent happened to arrive first and choose the right side.

Feb 13,2022

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Because the ignorant do not know themselves, they never know for what they are lacking. Some would be sages if they did

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 Because the ignorant do not know themselves, they never know for what they are lacking. Some would be sages if they did

Nov 14,2021

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A person of sharp observation and sound judgment rules over objects and keeps objects from ruling him.

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 A person of sharp observation and sound judgment rules over objects and keeps objects from ruling him.

Mar 22,2021

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Readiness is the mother of luck.

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 Readiness is the mother of luck.

Feb 07,2021

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Things look different when seen in a different light. So look at them in the light of happiness.

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 Things look different when seen in a different light. So look at them in the light of happiness.

Jan 12,2021

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Politeness and honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.

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 Politeness and honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.

Oct 18,2020

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