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Wisdom Quotes by Robert E. Lee
- Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.
- ...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be broken up by…
- The questions which for years were in dispute between the State and General Government, and which unhappily were not decided by the dictates of reason,…
- We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling…
- The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
- My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.
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