How much a dunce that has been sent to roam excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

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Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death and frustrates hope severer than despair.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death and frustrates hope severer than despair.

God made the country and man made the town.

God made the country and man made the town.

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    The more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

    The more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

    Lord, what fools these mortals be!

    Lord, what fools these mortals be!

    Discipline divorced from wisdom is not true discipline, but merely the meaningless following of custom, which is only a disguise for stupidity.

    Discipline divorced from wisdom is not true discipline, but merely the meaningless following of custom, which is only a disguise for stupidity.

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