Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.
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The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
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Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator.
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It takes a wonderful brain and exquisite senses to produce a few stupid ideas.
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