If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

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...

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,...

Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.

Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.

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.

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 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...

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

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

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 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...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, dont adjust the goals, adjust...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, dont adjust the goals, adjust...

The wisest have the most authority

The wisest have the most authority

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his...

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his...

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

The Lord has declared to the Hindu in His incarnation as Krishna. I am in...

The Lord has declared to the Hindu in His incarnation as Krishna. I am in...

Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and mind your speech

Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and mind your speech