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“Man has three ways of acting wisely. First, on meditation; that is the noblest. Secondly, on imitation; that is the easiest. Thirdly, on experience; that is the bitterest.”
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- quote
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- 2026-07-04
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”
Confucius
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“The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.”
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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