The Poor Could Make a Wonderful Living - If the Rich Could Hire People to Die for Them

Image by Tjflex2 via Flickr

If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living. – Yiddish proverb

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. – Sophocles

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. – Theodore Roosevelt

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. – Gian Carlo Menotti

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows. – Alfred North Whitehead

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. – Norman Cousins

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. – William James

Related articles by Zemanta

• A Brief Article About Felines and Wisdom (therealowner.com)
• A Word About the Wise (3quarksdaily.com)
• "Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience" (3quarksdaily.com)