#unwise

The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#chambers #colour #enchanted #every #face

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#compromise #expedient #good #makes #often

It would be unwise to say the least, irresponsible of us at the TSA, at the Homeland Security Department not to evolve our technology to match the changing threat environment that we inhabit. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#department #environment #evolve #homeland #homeland security

But Paul, in his preaching of the Gospel, is a debtor to deliver the word not to Barbarians only, but also to Greeks, and not only to the unwise, who would easily agree with him, but also to the wise. ↗

— Origen

#also #barbarians #debtor #deliver #easily

I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits. ↗

— John Podesta

#clinton #considered #his #i #i believe

It is most unwise for people in love to marry. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#marry #most #people #unwise

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#greatest #greatest service #i #many #prevent

Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq. ↗

— William Safire

#attack #characterize #choice #critics #current

War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#simply #time #unwelcome #unwise #war

Understand that it is often unwise to forgive face to face. This tends to make the other person feel 'put down' and make you look holier-than-thou. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#face #feel #forgive #look #make