Ralph Waldo Emerson: Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Lut

Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it.

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The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Oh, come with old Khayyam, and leave the Wise To talk; one thing is certain, tha — Omar Khayyám
Never laugh at live dragons. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But, wise through time, and narrativ — Homer
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. — Socrates
It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some w — John Galsworthy
The will is not free—it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect—but there is s — Swami Vivekananda
A Vastness, as a Neighbor, came, A Wisdom, without Face, or Name, A Peace, as He — Emily Dickinson
There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselv — Michel de Montaigne