It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.
It's very hard to know what wisdom is.
An educated people can be easily governed.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.