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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]
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