The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.
Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
Look twice before you leap.
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
The habit of looking at life as a social relation — an affair of society — did no good. It cultivated a weakness which needed no cultivation. If it had helped to make men of the world, or give the manners and instincts of any profession — such ...
