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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. - George Bernard Shaw

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. George Bernard Shaw

Wisdom, Beware, Ignorance

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores? George Sand

Reason, Door, Shame

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. Isaac Asimov

Through, Been, Constant

Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world. Sai Baba

Influenced, Which, Ideals

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am. Michelle Obama

Invest, About, Your

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. - Benjamin Franklin

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. Benjamin Franklin

Shines, Shadow, Attend

All generalizations are false, including this one. - Mark Twain

All generalizations are false, including this one. Mark Twain

Funny, Including

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. Frederick Douglass

Abhorrence, Prefer, Rather

The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life. Wayne Dyer

Influential, Very, Idea

That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity. - Rumi

That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity. Rumi

Which, Truth, Brings

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. - Socrates

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. Socrates

Themselves, Soul, Words

If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you. Anand Mahindra

Humble, Some, Humility

When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind and spirit, their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised. James A. Forbes

Mind, Stereotypes, Surface

Ring out the false, ring in the true. - Alfred Lord Tennyson

Ring out the false, ring in the true. Alfred Lord Tennyson

New Year's, Ring, True

The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking. Wayne Dyer

Engaged, Actual, Stress

I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone. Camille Claudel

Greatest Pleasure, Mood

If one has the answers to all the questions - that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble. Pope Francis

Humble, Be Humble, Prophet

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses. Heraclitus

Will, Justice, Lies

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. Richard Burton

New, Friendship, Embraces

Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness? C. S. Lewis

Away, Sources, Own

I had to take false steps and go through hard times to come out to where I am now. I can't imagine living without acting. It's not easy, and I don't disrespect anyone who steps out of it after a certain point. Having a family and a house is cool. It's not a betrayal. But if you're going to be an actor, it has to be more than a passing interest. Marylouise Burke

Had, Through, Betrayal

Make sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and seek to follow Him every day. Don't be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and His will first in everything you do. Billy Graham

Swayed, Every Day, Values

In a false quarrel there is no true valor. - William Shakespeare

In a false quarrel there is no true valor. William Shakespeare

Quarrel, True, Valor

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare

Own, Night, Be True

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. Friedrich Nietzsche

Which, Every Day, Least

A true and worthy ideal frees and uplifts a people; a false ideal imprisons and lowers. W. E. B. Du Bois

Ideal, True, Worthy

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