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Wisdom comes by disillusionment. - George Santayana

Wisdom comes by disillusionment. – George Santayana

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When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana

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As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values. – Edward Levi

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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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I left school at 16 but I wish Id gone to university – I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I dont think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision. – Brendan Coyle

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Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. – Sophocles

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