Thomas Paine: Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off.

Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at t — Thomas Paine

Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off.

Thomas Paine

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