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It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten th

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories. – Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. – Thomas B. Macaulay

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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. – Nelson Mandela

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In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance. – Theodore Dreiser

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If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king. – Orson Pratt

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