A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. Niccolo Machiavelli View this quote
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo Machiavelli
The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown. Plato
Plato
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings
Josh Billings
A democrat need not believe that the majority will always reach a wise decision. He should however believe in the necessity of accepting the decision of the majority, be it wise or unwise, until such a time that the majority reaches another decision. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
Wisdom never leaves you. The unquestioned mind simply appears to override it. Byron Katie
Byron Katie
Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
By and by when each nation has 20,000 battleships and 5,000,000 soldiers we shall all be safe and the wisdom of statesmanship will stand confirmed. Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
The more he became truly wise, the more he distrusted everything he knew. Voltaire
Voltaire
