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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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If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent if you believe the military, nothing is safe. – Lord Salisbury

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Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. – Alfred Austin

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The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. – Josh Billings

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If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty. – Nan Hayworth

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One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments. – Rudy Rucker

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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. – Chinese Proverb

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Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both. – Wilfred Owen

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You cant dodge them all. I got hammered plenty of times through the years. But you just get up and keep playing. I can tell you from experience, though. Sometimes it hurts like hell. – Terry Bradshaw

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