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Quote by Abigail Adams
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lesson

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. – Abigail Adams

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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. – Abigail Adams

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Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. – Abigail Adams

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I think newspapers shouldnt try to compete directly with the Web, and should do what they can do better, which may be long-form journalism and using photos and art, and making connections with large-form graphics and really enhancing the tactile experience of paper. – Dave Eggers

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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own. – Carl Jung

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Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. – George Santayana

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I think generally Im kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someones head, that being all they really know of the world. – Charlie Kaufman

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