It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

Quote by AA Hodge

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of...

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of...

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to...

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to...

A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom

A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom

Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will...

Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will...

To understand something properly, we need to know it a little more; but to know...

To understand something properly, we need to know it a little more; but to know...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures....

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures....

Money is the wise man's religion

Money is the wise man's religion

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We...

We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We...

It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by...

It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by...

Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an alligator by its...

Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an alligator by its...

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...