Quote by Carl Sandburg
Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdo

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. – Carl Sandburg

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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. – Carl Sandburg

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I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest. – John Buchan

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And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. – Joseph Story

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Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. – Leonard Nimoy

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It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein. – Adam Schiff

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