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COUNT AXEL VON OXENSTIERNA (OXENSTJERNA OR OXENSTIERN) Swedish statesman and diplomat (1583 - 1654) Learn, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed.   [Lat., Nescis, mi fili, quantilla sapientia regitur mundus.]       - attributed to [Government] Look about, my son, and see how little wisdom it takes to govern the world.       - [Wisdom] The quantity of books in a library is often a cloud of witnesses of the ignorance of the owner.       - [Books] We can learn to read and write, but we cannot learn raillery; that must be a particular gift of nature; and, to tell the truth, I esteem him happy who does not wish to acquire it. The character of sarcasm is dangerous; although this quality makes those laugh whom it does not wound, it, nevertheless, never procures esteem.       - [Ridicule] The GIGA name and the GIGA logo are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. GIGA-USA and GIGA-USA.COM are servicemarks of the domain owner. Copyright © 1999-2018 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Last Revised: 2018 December 13 Support GIGA.  Buy something from Amazon.

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