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The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. – Edward Young

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One to destroy, is murder by the law and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe to murder thousands, takes a specious name, Wars glorious art, and gives immortal fame. – Edward Young

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Its not what you look at that matters, its what you see. – Henry David Thoreau

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In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do – and not only for operating, but for everything. – Benjamin Carson

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

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

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If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy. – Muhammad Iqbal

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There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and there has been enough of our elders who, having served their nation, are forced into indignity in their old age. – John Agyekum Kufuor

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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. – Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton

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The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. – Ezra Pound

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