Morgan Freeman Quotes
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It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
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History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.
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All bad art is the result of good intentions.
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It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
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He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
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It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly.
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It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.
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These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.
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When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.
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A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.
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The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.
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The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.
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The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.
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For the wise man, every day is a festival.
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Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish.
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We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.
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You have to make the shift from being a consumer in the economy to becoming an owner-and you do it by becoming an investor.
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Imperial politics represents the conquest of domestic politics and the latter's conversion into a crucial element of inverted totalitarianism. It makes no sense to ask how the democratic citizen could 'participate' substantively in imperial politics; hence it is not surprising that the subject of empire is taboo in electoral debates. No major politician or party has so much as publicly remarked on the existence of an American empire.
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I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.
