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The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle.From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.

— Frederick Lewis Donaldson
Self & Identity Science Education & Knowledge Society & Politics Happiness

Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.

— Langston Hughes
Inspirational Dreams Education & Knowledge Wisdom Hope

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

— Dr. Seuss
Books & Writing Education & Knowledge

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

— Terry Pratchett
Humor Education & Knowledge

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

— Mark Twain
Education & Knowledge

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

— Socrates
Education & Knowledge Wisdom

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

— Oscar Wilde
Education & Knowledge

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

— Elbert Hubbard
Love Friendship Education & Knowledge

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

— Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational Education & Knowledge

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

— Oscar Wilde
Education & Knowledge

World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.