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accumulates

«Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.»
«Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.»
«Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.»
«I have found that great people do have in common an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have great determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision, they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all, they have integrity.»
«It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half»
«It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.»
«A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.»
«Do not say, "What what fear has a rich man of calamity?" When riches begin to forsake one even the accumulated stock dwindles away.»
«Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.»
«Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates, and men decay.»

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