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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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He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. – Mary Wilson Little

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If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom. – Nigel Farage

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I left school at 16 but I wish Id gone to university – I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I dont think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision. – Brendan Coyle

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The pine stays green in winter… wisdom in hardship. – Norman Douglas

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