If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.

Quote by Anne Bradstreet

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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife,...

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife,...

A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.

A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.

Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good...

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that...

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the...

You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the...