“The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.”

About Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth)

Hebrew wisdom book traditionally ascribed to King Solomon. Scholars debate its authorship and date.

“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.”

“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”

“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”

“A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all—that is myself.”

“I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.”

“The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government.”

“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.”

“seeker of truth follow no path all paths lead where truth is here”

“It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.”