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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not pleas

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. – Sophocles

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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. – Edmund Burke

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The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. – Edward Young

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