They whom truth and wisdom lead can gather honey from a weed.

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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.

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

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

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    The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven if you still know everything you're still seventeen.

    The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven, if you still know everything, you're still seventeen.

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