The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds. John F. Kennedy greatignoranceincrease Change image and share on social
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. George Eliot applausefollyhalf Change image and share on social
F. Lee Bailey had been an inspiration to me. It was my desire to have him behind the scenes, to rely on his great wisdom and his brainpower, but I did not feel he should be in the courtroom. Robert Shapiro baileybrainpowercourtroom Change image and share on social
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. John D. Rockefeller aimchiefessential Change image and share on social
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. Norman Douglas desiredielive Change image and share on social
History does not repeat itself. Nor does it unfold in cycles. The real future is contingent, rich beyond imagining, a perennial gobsmack, tragic and glorious in equal measure; the pundits' future, spun of 'conventional wisdom,' is only a sucker punch to that common-sense fact. Rick Perlstein commoncontingentconventional share on social
To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. Akhenaton carecontentfindeth Change image and share on social
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. Edmund Burke evilfollygreat Change image and share on social
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings. Ezra Taft Benson blessingcursehumility Change image and share on social
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. Epictetus foolishnaturepleasure Change image and share on social