A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.
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But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and notlead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.
How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
What a rope of sand we are without a leader.
The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.
I danced along a colored wind/ Dangled from a rope of sand
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.
Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.
The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living.
Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold; beyond the world she soars; the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means pursuing our own interests in a narrow, shortsighted way. Being wise selfish means taking a broader view and recognizing that our own long-term individual interest lies in the welfare of everyone. Being wise selfish means being compassionate.
The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species it always acts right.
One should adpot only those situations in which one is in no need of sham virtues, but rather, like the tight-rope dancer on his tight rope, in which one must either fall or stand--or escape.
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