Quote by Edward Young
The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek u

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. – Edward Young

Other quotes by Edward Young

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety. – Edward Young

Category:
Trust
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Wisdom
category

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. – Thomas B. Macaulay

Category:
Wisdom

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom. – Maurice Maeterlinck

Category:
Wisdom

Theres the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but none of that adds up to things like nuance and subtlety and dynamic. – Chris Robinson

Category:
Wisdom

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. – Gabriel Marcel

Category:
Wisdom

Random Quotes

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention. – Christopher Morley

Category:
Food

In a fast, the body tears down its defective parts and then builds anew when eating is resumed. – Herbert M. Shelton

Category:
Fasting

The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does. – Lascelles Abercrombie

Category:
Age

No one who set out to design a form of communication would ever end up with anything like English, Mandarin, or any of the more than six thousand languages spoken today. – Joshua Foer

Category:
communication