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When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

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When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

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If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

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Idleness and constancy fix the mind to what it finds easy and agreeable. This habit always confines and cramps up our knowledge; and no one has ever taken the trouble to stretch and carry his understanding as far as it could go.

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