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Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it gen

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. – Aristophanes

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What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? – Norman Douglas

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There is a trade off – as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity. – Kenny Rogers

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The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box. – Thomas Huxley

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