"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it."
"Whatever is not nailed down is mine." This is the motto of the exploiter. "Whatever can be pried loose is not nailed down." This is the second maxim in a country where people are rich, caring little in their present prosperity what shall become of the future."
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Source: David Starr Jordan (1910). “The Call of the Nation: A Plea for Taking Politics Out of Politics”
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