Logo
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre peo

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. – Robert Louis Stevenson

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Wisdom
category

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue. – James Buchan

Category:
Wisdom

Analysts may be correct that the presidential election wont primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins. – David Limbaugh

Category:
Wisdom

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. – George Eliot

Category:
Wisdom

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. – Anne Bradstreet

Category:
Wisdom

Random Quotes

The things the writers have me doing on Suburgatory are insane. I think they think its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. – Cheryl Hines

Category:
Forgiveness

Well, theres no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth. – Lady Gregory

Category:
Punishment

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Dreams

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old. – Edmund Burke

Category:
Taxation