Quote by Thomas Reid
Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an i

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned. – Thomas Reid

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There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. – Thomas Reid

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And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also. – Thomas Reid

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The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar youre in. – Wilson Mizner

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If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks. – Sidney Lanier

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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. – Aristotle

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Who is wise in love, love most, say least. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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