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

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


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



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If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.



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

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



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



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Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.



What to my Saviour shall I giveWho freely hath done this for me?I'll serve him here whilst I shall liveAnd Loue him to Eternity

What to my Saviour shall I giveWho freely hath done this for me?I'll serve him here whilst I shall liveAnd Loue him to Eternity



Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.



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Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first.



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I wish my Sun may never set, but burn.



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

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



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