When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Man reaches his perfection, not through what he has, not even through what he does, but entirely through what he is.
Oscar Wilde
A vicious teacher is just a vicious teacher, as a vicious neighbor may happen to be. But a vicious mother - means that the whole world is vicious.
Simon Soloveychik
There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.
Leslie Stephen
My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.
Roman Polanski
Ali ibn Abi Talib
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