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Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. - Laurence Sterne

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. – Laurence Sterne

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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves. – Laurence Sterne

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No man was ever wise by chance. – Seneca

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Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth

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