There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.
The disasters of war can be infinitely eerie and poignant.
The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.
War is never a lasting solution for any problem.
The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.
No one hates war like a soldier hates war.
The war to rein in Wall Street excess is never over.
The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.
Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.
It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
