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I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.

Gustave Courbet

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Wisdom is the pause between impulse and action, where you ask not what you can do, but what you should live with afterward.

Time doesn't rush or linger; it just keeps its quiet appointment, turning small moments into a life while we learn to notice.

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.

A half truth is a whole lie.