Wisdom Quotes · Page 78
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“You go to truth by way of poetry and I go to poetry by way of truth.”
“In political institutions, almost everything we call an abuse was once a remedy.”
“Gravity is but the rind of wisdom; but it is a preservative rind.”
“There does not exist a man sufficiently intelligent never to be tiresome.”
“Shall we be despised by foreign powers for hesitating so long at a word?”
“Today, the growers are like a punch-drunk old boxer who doesn't know he's past his prime.”
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.”
“Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.”
“A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense.”
“Science is a tribute to what we can know although we are fallible.”
“Safety is not to be secured, then, by the wisest foresight.”
“Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled, On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.”
“For all that faire is, is by nature good; That is a signe to know the gentle blood.”
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”
“Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct.”
“The day grew still, darkness came forth, there was a flash of lightning, fire broke out.”