"It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own."

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"It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own."

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"The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values."

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"Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man."

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