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Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience. ↗

— Benjamin Cardozo

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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. ↗

— Aesop

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Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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