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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. – John Henry Newman

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We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation. – William O. Douglas

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It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. – Henry David Thoreau

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

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It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. – Richard Whately

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A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. – Kemal Ataturk

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Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible? – Barry Goldwater

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Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds. – Charles Caleb Colton

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When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for. – Benjamin Haydon

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