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Edward Levi on wisdom
Author: Edward Levi“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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Rosemarie DeWitt on wisdom
Author: Rosemarie DeWitt“I don’t want to put a pause on the rest of my life I’m really enjoying getting older and the wisdom that comes from that.” -Rosemarie DeWitt
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James Buchanan on wisdom
Author: James Buchanan“To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.” -James Buchanan
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John Florio on wisdom
Author: John Florio“Wisdom sails with wind and time.” -John Florio
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Joseph Story on wisdom
Author: Joseph Story“And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.” -Joseph Story
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Elizabeth Hardwick on wisdom
Author: Elizabeth Hardwick“Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.” -Elizabeth Hardwick
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Jeremy Collier on wisdom
Author: Jeremy Collier“Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.” -Jeremy Collier
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Thandie Newton on wisdom
Author: Thandie Newton“I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s – I am 39 – lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks – thinner, drier skin.” -Thandie Newton
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George Crabbe on wisdom
Author: George Crabbe“Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.” -George Crabbe
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Peter Hammill on wisdom
Author: Peter Hammill“I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it’s more interesting to have an album – or, indeed, an individual song – which has variety rather than homogeneity.” -Peter Hammill
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Thomas Reid on wisdom
Author: Thomas Reid“And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.” -Thomas Reid
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Martin Farquhar Tupper on wisdom
Author: Martin Farquhar Tupper“Memory is not wisdom idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?” -Martin Farquhar Tupper
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David Puttnam on wisdom
Author: David Puttnam“There’s always a miasma of misinformation emerging from the higher education sector as to which are the ‘best’ courses to take. My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground.” -David Puttnam
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Sidney Hook on wisdom
Author: Sidney Hook“Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.” -Sidney Hook
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George Combe on wisdom
Author: George Combe“They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense.” -George Combe
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John Jewel on wisdom
Author: John Jewel“But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end.” -John Jewel
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Charles Inglis on wisdom
Author: Charles Inglis“To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained.” -Charles Inglis
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Richard Cecil on wisdom
Author: Richard Cecil“Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.” -Richard Cecil
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John George Nicolay on wisdom
Author: John George Nicolay“It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly.” -John George Nicolay
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Xi Jinping on wisdom
Author: Xi Jinping“During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.” -Xi Jinping
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Patricia Richardson on wisdom
Author: Patricia Richardson“They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I’m going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.” -Patricia Richardson
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Gustave Courbet on wisdom
Author: Gustave Courbet“I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.” -Gustave Courbet
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Shmuel Y. Agnon on wisdom
Author: Shmuel Y. Agnon“After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.” -Shmuel Y. Agnon
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Bennie Thompson on wisdom
Author: Bennie Thompson“Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.” -Bennie Thompson