Finally, to paraphrase the almost 300 year-old wisdom of Edmund Burke, the only way for evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.

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They have come to absorb the wisdom and values of 76-year-old Warren Buffett and 83-year-old Charlie Munger, who sat on a tiny stage at the cavernous Quest Center and answered questions for over six hours.

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If the leaders of the various trends of political opposition to the Mubarak regime demonstrate adequate wisdom and put together a governing coalition that includes no remnants of the old regime, Egypt's democratic experiment could be securely launched on the road to maturity.

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It may not be as hip as a racy tale about a lost weekend of partying and drug-taking, but at 54 Ms Schoenle offers perhaps the wisdom of an older sister to 25-year-old Ms von Lange.

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If you're among the 60% of adults not already saving for a comfortable old age, conventional wisdom holds that you should halve your age to get the percentage of your salary to be set aside.

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The received wisdom suggests that such ditherers should be old it would take billions of years to slow down that much from the dizzy pace of pulsar youth.

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