Edmund Burke: The wisdom of our ancestors.

The wisdom of our ancestors. — Edmund Burke

The wisdom of our ancestors.

Edmund Burke

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The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of li — I Timothy

And this I know: whether the one True Light, Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me — Omar Khayyám

Wisdom and fortune combating together, If that the former dare but what it can, — William Shakespeare

Nemo solus satis sapit. — No man is wise enough by himself. Plautus

The rare, brief joy of hearing that there is a little bit of perfection every ye — Jules Renard

This Booke When Brasse and Marble fade, shall make thee looke Fresh to all Ages. — William Shakespeare

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. — James Madison As paraphrased in The Great Quotations‎

Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back — Ralph Waldo Emerson

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organi — Samuel Butler

Wisdom is the daughter of experience. — Leonardo da Vinci

Every fool believes what his teachers tell him, and calls his credulity science — George Bernard Shaw

In the spiritual realm nothing is indifferent: what is not useful is harmful. — Leo Tolstoy