Warren G. Harding (1865–1923) American politician, 29th president of the United States (in office from 1921 to 1923)
1918 address to the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.
“Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.”
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Anglo-American poet 1612–1672Related quotes
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