Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [141-160] of 653 Wisdom quotesWisdom QuotesWisdom Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Life is an incurable disease.~ Abraham Cowley He is the freeman whom the truth makes free.~ William Cowper 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.~ William Cowper Absence of occupation is not rest,A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.~ William Cowper As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles. First, not being hereditary, their collective knowledge, wisdom, and virtue are not precarious. For by these qualities alone are they to obtain their offices, and they will have none of the peculiar qualities and vices of those men who possess power merely because their father held it before them.~ Tench Coxe I leave this rule for others when I'm dead, Be always sure you're right -- then go ahead.~ Davy Crockett Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.~ Leonardo Da Vinci There has never in the history of the civilized world been a cohort of kids that is so little affected by adult guidance and so attuned to a peer world. We have removed grown-up wisdom and allowed them to drift into a self-constructed, highly relativistic world of friendship and peers.~ William Damon There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.~ Clarence S. Darrow The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.~ Clarence S. Darrow Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coattails.~ Clarence S. Darrow The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. The modern world is the child of doubt and inquiry, as the ancient world was the child of fear and faith.~ Clarence S. Darrow It is the part of wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.~ Miguel de Cervantes The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.~ Remy De Gourmont A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.~ Bertrand de Jouvenel A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.~ Jean de la Bruyere Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.~ François Duc de La Rochefoucauld We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others.~ François Duc de La Rochefoucauld Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.~ François Duc de La Rochefoucauld Everyone complains of his memory, none of his judgment.~ François Duc de La Rochefoucauld Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print