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"That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next." »John Stuart Mill 
"The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it." »Francois de La Rochefoucauld 
"Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity." »Cato the Elder 
"Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length." »Robert Frost 
"Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle." »Epictetus 
"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was." »Dag Hammarskjld 
"At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities." »Jean Houston 
"In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth." »Rabindranath Tagore 
"There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height." »Victor Hugo 
"And walk not proudly on the earth verily thou shalt never cleave the earth, nor reach to the mountains in height»Koran 
"People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering." »Saint Augustine 
"To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself." »Sophy Burnham 
"Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the height of the faculty in which it arises, the nobility of things associated with it, and the greatness of services it renders." »Oscar W. Firkins 
"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down." »Lucius Annaeus Seneca 
"A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savor of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach." »Niccolo Machiavelli 
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