All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

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A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

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