“Poets are wiser than anyone because they’re the only people who have the guts to think and feel at the same time.”

The Big Time (1958)

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American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction 1910–1992

Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986) American journalist

Source: On the Contrary (1964), Ch. 7

“Wisely humble people are never afraid to admit they were wrong. When they do it, it’s like saying they’re wiser today than they were yesterday.”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn

“I don’t really distinguish between Linux and things that are more or less direct descendants of Unix. I think they’re all the same at some level. Often, people ask me, "Do you feel jealous about Linux being the big thing." And the answer is no, for the same reason. I think they’re the same.”

Dennis M. Ritchie (1941–2011) American computer scientist

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On Unix, Linux, and open-source (2001)

“Women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they’re not being truthful, more often than not it’s because they think truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn’t mean they don’t love you.”

Nicholas Sparks book At First Sight

Mayor Gherkin, Chapter 8, p. 120
Source: 2000s, At First Sight (2005)
Context: ... but what I eventually came to understand was that if a woman truly loves you, you can't always expect her to tell the truth. You see, women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they're not being truthful, more often than not it's because they think the truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn't mean they don't love you.

“Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser?”

Hugh Prather (1938–2010) American writer

Source: Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person