All we can know is that we know nothing. And that’s the height of human wisdom.

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"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."

- Leo Tolstoy

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"All, everything that I understand, I only understand because I love."

- Leo Tolstoy

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"We are asleep until we fall in love!"

- Leo Tolstoy

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"He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking."

- Leo Tolstoy

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"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer a great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them."

- Leo Tolstoy

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"It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent."

- Charlie Munger

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"So be careful to live your life wisely, not foolishly."

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"In old age is wisdom; understanding in a long life."

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"Keep your friends close, your enemies closer and receipts for all major purchases."

- Bridger Winegar

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"Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."

- Zimbabwean Proverb

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