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The Politicians The Treasury and the Arms The Thoughtful Warden THE Warden of a Penitentiary was one day putting locks on the doors of all the cells when a mechanic said to him: “Those locks can all be opened from the inside - you are very imprudent.” The Warden did not look up from his work, but said: “If that is called imprudence, I wonder what would be called a thoughtful provision against the vicissitudes of fortune.” Contents The Politicians The Treasury and the Arms
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The Thoughtful Warden THE Warden of a Penitentiary was one day putting locks on the doors of all the cells when a mechanic said to him: “Those locks can all be opened from the inside - you are very imprudent.” The Warden did not look up from his work, but said: “If that is called imprudence, I wonder what would be called a thoughtful provision against the vicissitudes of fortune.”
Contents The Politicians The Treasury and the Arms
The Thoughtful Warden
THE Warden of a Penitentiary was one day putting locks on the doors of all the cells when a mechanic said to him:
“Those locks can all be opened from the inside - you are very imprudent.”
The Warden did not look up from his work, but said:
“If that is called imprudence, I wonder what would be called a thoughtful provision against the vicissitudes of fortune.”
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- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
