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Fortune cookies about wisdom.
  • The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
  • No one ever became wise by accident.
  • There is no wisdom greater than kindness.
  • Many receive advice, only the wise profit by it.
  • If you bite the hand that feeds you, it won’t taste as good as the food you were fed.
  • A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
  • Wise man is slow in choosing friends. Slower in changing.
  • Life is like a good book. The further you get into it, the more it makes sense.
  • Read a novel – and learn more about life.
  • The best profit of future is the past.
  • Do not mistake temptation for opportunity.
  • If a true sense of value is to be yours it must come thru service.
  • In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
  • A great man never ignores the simplicity of a child.
  • Try not to stand on your own side during an argument.
  • If you cannot find wisdom within, try the internet.
  • Love is a thing that sharpens all our wits.
  • Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.
  • A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
  • Don’t ever slam a door; you might want to go back.
  • No one knows the story of tomorrow’s dawn.
  • A star is forever light. Like a star, let your wisdom shine.
  • Avert misunderstandings by calm, poise and balance.
  • Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.
  • Speak only well of people and you need never whisper.
  • You will be rewarded for being a good listener.
  • Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
  • Ask for what you need with a whisper. It works!
  • Think of mother’s exhortations more.
  • Every wise man started out by asking many questions.
  • Burnt bridges are hard to cross.
  • Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
  • Turn your thoughts within – find yourself.

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Source:  OpenStax, Fortune cookie philosophy. OpenStax CNX. Oct 24, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10914/1.3
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