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Quote by William Whitehead
Wisdom alone is true ambitions aim, wisdom the source of virtue, a

Wisdom alone is true ambitions aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. – William Whitehead

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