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Welcome! This
website is designed to support a current special project - aimed at using 'Wise Sayings' to develop critical thinking
skills and good character. Richard Benjamin - Fall 2014
"To thine own self be true......" Polonious,
in Hamlet by Shakespeare
"Find honor, compassion......develop your
self...then be true to that self" Leonard Bernstein
Welcome to the portion of our web site which provides deeper support to Professional Learning.
River of Wisdom -
More on River of Wisdom - Chinese Masterwork - Scenes Along the River During the Qingming Festival
Paraprosdokian - figures of speech in which the
latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected. Such as......
Knowledge
is knowing a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad!
More on classifying tomatoes
Saying of the week...."I've learned
that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mayaangelo392897.html#fVuPjzfRkPAQiadE.99
Wisdom Thinkers
There are only two things to worry about, either you are healthy or you are sick. If you are healthy, then there
is nothing to worry about. But if you are sick there are only two things to worry about, either you will get well or you will
die. If you get well, then there is nothing to worry about. But if you die there are only two things to worry about, either
you will go to heaven or to hell. If you go to heaven, then there is nothing to worry about. And if you to go hell, you'll
be so darn busy shaking hands with your friends you won't have time to worry!
Read more at http://quotationsbook.com/quote/42532/#gi64YoKExkGvgYdG.99
http://quotationsbook.com/quote/42532/
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