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The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to

The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. – Norman Douglas

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There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect it bids a man to ponder or create and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide. – Norman Douglas

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Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake. – Nick Clooney

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This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It is a dangerous and slippery slope upon which we stand when we reject what Solomon called the beginning of wisdom – the fear of God. – Ray Comfort

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