Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
Will Durant
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- In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.
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- To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
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