Choices Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct the eternal will? Seek virtue, and of that possest, To Providence resign the rest.

— John Gay

Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.

— Alexander Pope

Providence certainly does not favor just certain individuals, but the deep wisdom of its counsel, instruction and ennoblement extends to all.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Providence is wiser than you, and you may be confident it has suited all things better to your eternal good than you could do…

— John Flavel

Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect…

— Benjamin Franklin

People are responsible for their opinions, but Providence is responsible for their morals.

— William Butler Yeats

Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by…

— George Washington

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.

— Criss Jami

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence.

— James Russell Lowell

Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense weigh thy opinion against Providence.

— Alexander Pope

There's nothing as safe as ignorance or as dangerous.

— Rex Stout

Providence seems to look after the chumps of this world; and, personally, I'm all for it.

— Anonymous