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

Quote by Anne Bradstreet

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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...

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

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

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 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,...

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.

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 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...

Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.

Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.

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 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...

There are only two seasons - winter and baseball.

There are only two seasons - winter and baseball.

Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be...

Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be...

My car only heats up enough about 30 seconds before I reach my destination.

My car only heats up enough about 30 seconds before I reach my destination.

The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the...

The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the...

One kind word can warm three winter months.

One kind word can warm three winter months.

Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold!

Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold!

People dont notice whether its winter or summer when theyre happy.

People dont notice whether its winter or summer when theyre happy.

It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to...

It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to...

Of winters lifeless world each tree. Now seems a perfect part; Yet each one holds...

Of winters lifeless world each tree. Now seems a perfect part; Yet each one holds...