The wise are doubtful.

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is...

The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to...

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to...

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.