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William Hazlitt Quotes: We do not attend to the advice of the sage and experienced because we think they are old, forgetting that they once were young and placed in the same situations as ourselves.
         

We do not attend to the advice of the sage and experienced because we think they are old, forgetting that they once were young and placed in the same situations as ourselves.


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I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.



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