#wisdom

A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one. ↗

— Lord John Russell

#proverb #wisdom #wit

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#become #conventional #conventional wisdom #federal #government

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance. ↗

— Saadi

#another #argue #discover #ignorance #may

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#age #beauty #belt #different #different kind

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe. ↗

— Lord Salisbury

#believe #doctors #innocent #military #nothing

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#defeat #every #laughter #listen #mistaken

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. ↗

— George Santayana

#almost #balance #every #less #opposite

Wisdom comes by disillusionment. ↗

— George Santayana

#disillusionment #wisdom

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. ↗

— George Santayana

#false #hunger #philosophy #root #wisdom

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

#beginning #dread #fear #follow #humble