#wisdom

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ↗

— Henry Ford

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Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. ↗

— Anatole France

#irony #joy #reflection #wisdom

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#dog #faithful #friends #money #old

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#best #business #carrying #considering #execution

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

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The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#avoided #been #both #both sides #condition

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#speaking #stupid #understands #who #wisdom

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#almost #begotten #case #everywhere #greater

This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#consciousness #fear #heaven #indeed #lord

I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#done #going #i #into #keep