Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

Quote by Anne Bradstreet

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Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife,...

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife,...

A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.

A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.

Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.

Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good...

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the...

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship

Our lives improve only when we take chances and the first and most difficult risk...

Our lives improve only when we take chances and the first and most difficult risk...

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in...

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in...

Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice.

Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear, -...

For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear, -...