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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. -

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. – Anatole France

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All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. – Anatole France

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Change
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Anatole France
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The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. – Anatole France

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Equality
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Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesnt all have to be by tomorrow! – William Eardley IV

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To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly. – Samuel Johnson

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Analysts may be correct that the presidential election wont primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins. – David Limbaugh

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It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution. – Anthony Trollope

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