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A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal.