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Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.


Wendell Phillips

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Seldom if ever was knowledge given to keep, but always to impart. The grace of this rich jewel is lo...
BISHOP HALL The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. -Wendell Phillips.
WENDELL PHILLIPS Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market.
ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market
ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL
NATALIE URQUIETA In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned and how much given...
ROBERT HUNTER It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wende...
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.
SHANE L. KOYCZAN But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both n...
BIBLE The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
DAVID BAILEY It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
DAVID HUME It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
HUME It is seldom that any liberty is lost all at once.
DAVID HUME To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) We are trying to regain any and all knowledge that was lost.
ARLENE WARD So this is going to be drill!?
DEYTH BANGER The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that coul...
WARREN BENNIS I think we are fortunate having these individuals to impart this tremendous knowledge, ... We are go...
EDWIN FIGUEROA There is no guarantee of disaster-free in any religion, but the knowledge of love and faith has give...
TOBA BETA He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afte...
BILL MAHER The best teachers impart knowledge through sleight of hand, like a magician.
KATE BETTS Before praising a person for his rags to rich story, it is always more important to know HOW than to...
ANUJ SOMANY Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209 After all, we are told, our salvation has already b...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO The mentor-mentee relationship is ideally like that of the guru and disciple: motivated by the desir...
VIVEK WADHWA How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
The Q...
LEWIS CARROLL Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist Keep clear of concealment -- keep clear of the need of con...
PHILLIPS BROOKS There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and ...
SIR EDWARD COKE Wise teachers impart their knowledge; inept ones impose theirs
LEONARD ROY FRANK We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.
SHANE L. KOYCZAN Sometimes becoming drug free has less to do with addiction and more to do with sanity.
SHANE L. KOYCZAN The man who was once starved may revenge himself upon the world not by stealing just once, or by ste...
ANAïS NIN Do not let a day pass without adding to your knowledge
SOTONYE ANGA In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the ...
KATE ADIE Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers
HERBERT KAUFMAN I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea...
RICHARD YATES We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.
BO LOZOFF We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.
BO LOZOFF We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.
BO LOZOFF The knowledge of the purpose of the success that you receive by grace in every area will keep us fro...
SUNDAY ADELAJA The past is important for all the information and wisdom it holds. But you can get lost in it. You'v...
LAUREN KATE The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The grace of God is freely given.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK Assured that LIFE in shape is round, ball-like as it procures its sound, went lost, but then was fou...
YTHAM REIJAN ROSELITTLE COOGEIL If you're asking all this because of Wendell, forget it. Wendell has a few marbles missing when it c...
FRANCISCO X. STORK Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
T.S. ELIOT Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information.
TS (THOMAS STEARNS) ELIOT The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
SIR ARTHUR HELPS The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
PHILIP STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD In my school, no consideration is given to anything unreasonable; the heart of the matter is to use ...
MIYAMOTO MUSASHI There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit f...
DANIEL BERNOULLI America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical co...
DAVID RIESMAN Any fool can become rich but only a wise person can keep it.
IPE MATHEW Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
RONALD E. OSBORN The Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Ill...
ADAM WEISHAUPT [Her uncle, William Kelly, sat in a driving rain outside Grace Church, waiting to hear the bells pea...
WILLIAM KELLY Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in informatio...
T. S. ELIOT The Hamilton Building is the crowning jewel of the complex. But this is a complex.
LEWIS SHARP Never leave any thing for tomorrow as we are not living eternity.Begin doing the things at the first...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS... Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is th...
T.S. ELIOT Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is th...
T. S. ELIOT Grace is God-given power to live differently.
JUDAH SMITH Dare to seek knowledge.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out...
ROLAND ALLEN Grace of god given to that on which is worthy to hold faith in all trials of life
JEFFREY LEE GIBSON JR. You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married."

"I...
SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS A librarian for president is exactly what this country needs.
RICHARD CASTLE Forgive me for speaking frankly, but after the past quarter-hour's conversation, I am unconvinced th...
TESSA DARE If I am right, Thy grace impart
Still in the right to stay;
If I am wrong, O, teach my hea...
ALEXANDER POPE (Cairo) is a little more experienced. I talked to Phillips about it. Phillips is perfectly fine with...
JOE TORRE Knowledge is not the same as wisdom. You can know all the facts and still not be able to act wisely....
DAN SMITH Wendell understands it would not be a good idea to change this technological culture, but he's learn...
JAYE MORENCY I think that we have a great opportunity to impart our wisdom and our knowledge and our experience t...
VICTORIA OSTEEN In this century, the seminal driver of innovation is knowledge. Given that universities are major pr...
MARK ROSENBERG God seldom calls us for an easier life, but always calls us to know more of him and drink more deepl...
JOHN PIPER Oh grace Kelly, in the absence of any other you alone prove that no ape can ever evolve in to someth...
YAMIN RASHEED Beauty is given to dolls, majesty to haughty vixens, but mind, feeling, passion and the crowning gra...
CHARLOTTE BRONTë America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical co...
DAVID RIESMAN Maybe that’s why the Westmores never allowed any pets. Hard to keep them off the menu.
JAZZ FEYLYNN Knowledge exists to be imparted
RALPH WALDO EMERSON To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y...
GARY F EVANS... To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of the...
GEORG C. LICHTENBERG Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY [When Judy Garland lost the 1954 best actress Oscar to Grace Kelly in] The Country Girl, ... Dear Ju...
GROUCHO MARX Grace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes
MARTIN LUTHER You only get one rookie season. So, I hate that we lost, but this was one of the best games I've eve...
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WENDELL LAIDLEY I talked to [Roy] prior to that. We spoke cordially before the game. We make contact on the phone wi...
WENDELL BYRD It is a horrible fact that we can read in the daily paper, without interrupting our breakfast, numer...
WENDELL BERRY We played hard and we played good defense. We just didn't shoot well. People can preach team (play) ...
WENDELL JEFFRIES When a balance between Trinidad and island interests is being served, and the Caribbean is again spe...
WENDELL MOTTLEY Lovers must not, like usurers, live for themselves alone. They must finally turn from their gaze at ...
WENDELL BERRY No settled family or community has ever called its home place an “environment.” None has ever ca...
WENDELL BERRY The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life.
WENDELL BERRY Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To b...
WENDELL BERRY ...the care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing respo...
WENDELL BERRY We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. And this has ...
WENDELL BERRY Until we understand what the land is, we are at odds with everything we touch. And to come to that u...
WENDELL BERRY We walked always in beauty, it seemed to me. We walked and looked about, or stood and looked. Someti...
WENDELL BERRY Sabbaths, 1982—IV  
(“A gardener rises out of the ground”)


Thrush song,...
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