Public Accounts

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“Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.”
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

“Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.”
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