Don't seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise: seek what they sought.


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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.
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Seek understanding and wisdom will follow.
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Hide-and-seek, grown-up style. Wanting to hide. Needing to be sought. Confused about being found.
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The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
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For all find what they truly seek.
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They seek to use their arms, and we seek to use ours.
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They seek him here, they seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere
Is he in heave...
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Seek,seek.
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It may not be prudent to seek new things, but it is wise to see things in a new way.
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Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
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Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
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Scientists seek to know the mind of god while engineers seek to imitate Him.
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Seek the friend who's hand helped you and tell them what they mean to you.
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Those who dare seek, shall find what they are seeking for.
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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Don't seek a solution, seek the best solution.
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Seek the best in everyone that you meet. Seek the worst when dealing with yourself.
SASHA AZEVEDO
I don't want her at all to follow in the footsteps I went through.
BRANDI MCCABE
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Man must seek his Maker.
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Only a fortunate few seek the Beloved. Only a blessed few seek to enter the shrine of the heart.
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They were definitely given the opportunity to seek other shelter.
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What? You search? You would multiply yourself by ten, by a hundred? You seek followers? Seek zeros!
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.
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Others will follow your footsteps easier than they will your advice.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
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Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
UNKNOWN
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Seek happiness for others and the universe will seek happiness you.
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What you seek is seeking you.
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The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.
PAULO COELHO
If they don't take that, we'll seek to enforce the injunction.
DONALD E. STOUT
A true writer does not seek wealth or fame does seek to find himself in each of his readers souls.
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AHMED CHALABI
People will seek the ends of the galaxy to avoid that which they need most.
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The beauty of life is in the footsteps following you and the ones you follow too.
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Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.
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Seek happiness for others and the universe will seek happiness for you.
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The information that they seek tells them nothing about any issue in the case.
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Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless to try and find what is gone.
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The promise you attract is determined by what you seek
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Be life seeker. Seek what you want.
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All what you seek is within you.
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If they seek a guarantee, the price will have to be higher.
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Don't seek to be respected by everyone, rather seek to be worthy of being respected by everyone.
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I know of no one more qualified to follow in Tom Franks' very large footsteps,
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In order to be a leader, you must first follow in someone's footsteps
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Argument is what causes them to seek out more information.
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The wise skeptic does not teach doubt but how to look for the permanent in the mutable and fleeting.
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He's a ham. He could follow in his sister's footsteps.
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