In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate in its government, it bids fair to be one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world. George Washington View this quote
In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate in its government, it bids fair to be one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world. George Washington
George Washington
Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true. Buddha
Buddha
Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein
I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy. Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
It’s the wise man who stays home when he’s drunk. Euripides
Euripides
There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain. Aeschylus
Aeschylus
Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling, and useless things, than they deserve. Plato
Plato
All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word. Socrates
Socrates
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. Confucius
Confucius
Therefore it must be inferred that good counsels, whencesoever they come, are born of the wisdom of the prince, and not the wisdom of the prince from good counsels. Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo Machiavelli
