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Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.

Bergen Evans

Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues. . . .
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Average College Leadership
We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.
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May Past Through
Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.
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Cynicism Madness Wisdom
The mere abhorrence of vice is not a virtue at all.
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Abhorrence Vices Virtue
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
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Day Fear Freedom Memorial
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit has for that moment betrayed humanity.
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Humanity Men Religion
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
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Indispensable Liars Lying
There is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
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Freedom Selection Wisdom
Leadership is more likely to be assumed by the aggressive than by the able, and those who scramble to the top are more often motivated by their own inner torments.
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Able Leadership Motivated
Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
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Given Selection Wisdom
For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they do but marshal us the way that we are going.
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Following Leader Way
We see what we want to see, and observation conforms to hypothesis.
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Hypothesis Observation Want
Many studies have established the fact that there is a high correlation between vocabulary and intelligence and that the ability to increase one’s vocabulary throughout life is a sure reflection of intellectual progress.
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Intellectual Reflection Vocabulary
For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they [only] marshal us in the way that we are going.
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Following Going Leader Marshal Most
An honorable man will not be bullied by a hypothesis.
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Bullied Honorable Man
Most civilized lives are measured out with coffee spoons.
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Civilized Coffee Spoon

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