#wisdom

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#exact #government #like #long-run #people

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#art #attained #fool #hast #imagining

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#love #philosophy #rightly #simply #wisdom

To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#being #existence #infinite #more #perfections

I don't understand people who say they need more "Me Time." What other time is there? Do these people spend part of their day in someone else's body? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#life #me-time #time #truth #wisdom

My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#books #cool #culture #desire #emotion

The wisdom of age: don't stop walking. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#stop #walking #wisdom

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom. ↗

— Marcia Cross

#i #lack #wisdom

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

#call #ears #education #every #hand

I want to see an elephant hunt down a man for the sole purpose of collecting his teeth, while a chorus of typewriters sings songs that praises the bananas for their wisdom, leadership, and their high levels of potassium. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #dada #funny #humor #hunt