Anne Bradstreet Quote 

"Authority without wisdom
is like a heavy axe without an edge,
fitter to bruise than polish."

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I have a problem with "seeing" this one. Since when do you "polish" with an axe, whether sharp or dull?
 -- Jean, Port Townsend
 
 -- Anonymous, Reston, VA US 
 -- Mike, Norwalk 
Cut is a better term than polish. Picture this ... a rotund legislator chopping a great tree with a block of steel at the end of an axe handle, declaring it the best method to fell trees, then writing a law to make it the only method allowed. Our government has severely bruised us with their authority.
 -- Joe, Rochester, MI
 
True.
 -- Anonymous
 
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