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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the

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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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. – Edmund Burke

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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove ones self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Mixing ones wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. – Bertolt Brecht

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When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him if he wants to pull back, send him on his way. – Morihei Ueshiba

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