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" Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. "

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" The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation. "

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" I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. "

" Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. "

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