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842 – “Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.”

–Albus Dumbledore in J K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Posted in Rowling, Joanne (J K Rowling) and tagged Advice, Age, Albus Dumbledore, Elder, Foolishness, Forgetful, Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter, J K Rowling, Old, Sourced, Underestimate, Young, Youth on May 14, 2019 by Chalax91. Leave a comment

206 – “He is no fool who parts with that which he cannot keep, when he is sure to be recompensed with that which he cannot lose.”

–Philip Henry

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”

-Jim Elliot, paraphrasing Philip Henry.
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Posted in Elliot, Jim, Henry, Philip and tagged Advice, Cannot Lose, Double Quote, Fool, Foolishness, Gain, Paraphrasing, Parts, Recompensed, Religious, Sourced on July 7, 2017 by Chalax91. Leave a comment

55 – “Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.”

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Posted in King Jr, Martin Luther and tagged Foolishness, Humility, Ignorance, Immortality, Wisdom on May 16, 2015 by Chalax91. Leave a comment

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