Wisdom Quote by Charles River Editors

“A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The most personable man in the entire country, possibly the smartest”

— Ainsley Booth

“Nowadays, everybody fancies himself an expert in government and wants to have a say.”

— B.F. Skinner

“Foolish is the man, and there are many such men, who would rid himself or his fellows of discomfort by setting the world right,…

— George MacDonald

“The biggest fool is the person or nation that thinks America is their friend.”

— Mohammed Zaki Ansari

“And so when you see a man often wearing the robe of office, when you see one whose name is famous in the Forum,…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“another of their acquaintances finds himself mesmerised by the way that he 'always had something of ... rivetting stupidity to say on any subject'.”

— Craig Brown

“-“Why do men like you do the job you do? It can’t be for the medals. And it’s certainly not the money.” Stone said…

— David Baldacci

“Speech, so a wise old Frenchman said to me once, is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking. It is also an…

— Agatha Christie

“Pretend you are a foolish to the tyrant – because if he realizes you are a genius, he might use you to harm others.”

— A Gentlemen

“In the most secret heart of every intellectual ... there lies hidden ... the hope of power, the desire to bring his ideas to…

— Lionel Trilling

“And one day...there would be no record, nothing left standing, to show that anything had ever been built in America. It was going to…

— Philipp Meyer