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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

Other quotes by Carl Sandburg

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard. – Carl Sandburg

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work
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Carl Sandburg
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Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment. – Carl Sandburg

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Poetry
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A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. – Carl Sandburg

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Election Day
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Wisdom
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The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid. – Marcus Aurelius

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Wisdom

I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this countrys principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times. – Chris Christie

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Wisdom

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already. – Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Wisdom

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. – Alan Paton

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Wisdom

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To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. – Saint Augustine of Hippo

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Moderation

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little. – John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society

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Dieting

These wretched babies dont come until they are ready. – Queen Elizabeth

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Birth

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Danger