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Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
Alfred North Whitehead

Biography

Author Profession: Mathematician
Nationality: English
Born: February 15, 1861
Died: December 30, 1947

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Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.
Alfred North Whitehead

Philosophy is the product of wonder.
Alfred North Whitehead

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.
Alfred North Whitehead

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
Alfred North Whitehead

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.
Alfred North Whitehead

Seek simplicity but distrust it.
Alfred North Whitehead

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.
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Aim, Alone, Ambition, Best, Employed, Enjoyed, Fame, Mankind, Most, Obtained, Share, Source, Then, True, Virtue, Wisdom