"Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed."
-Alfred North Whitehead
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"No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.“
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