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Quote by Anne Bradstreet
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitte

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. – Anne Bradstreet

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. – Anne Bradstreet

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I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. – John Keats

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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. – Octavio Paz

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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. – Gabriel Marcel

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