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A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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Last year the National Sorry Day Committee consulted with stolen generations people in every State and Territory, and concluded that programmes set up in response to the Bringing Them Home Report are reaching only a small fraction of those they are intended to help. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

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After 16 months of teaching, consulting, fellowship, and special project activities on matters ranging from conservation to healthcare to international trade, Gov. Ventura appointed me to the Minnesota Court of Appeals. ↗

— David Minge

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Consultants show you way forward and consider the job done, conveniently forgetting that if a child is only shown where to go and not how to walk towards it, he will never reach there. ↗

— Ram Mohan

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Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

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Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't want to see you march to the end of a limb. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

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