A Sound Discretion Is Not So Much Indicated By Never Making A Mistake, As By Never Repeating It.

A Sound Discretion Is Not So Much Indicated By Never Making A Mistake, As By Never Repeating It.

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A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake,
as by never repeating it.
-- John Christian Bovee

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