Category Archives: Aphorisms and Wisdom

Quotes of wisdom.

A Wise Saying – Part 186

Posted on January 30, 2020 by R. Van Conoley

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. Desiderius Erasmus

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A Wise Saying – Part 185

Posted on January 30, 2020 by R. Van Conoley

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to my conscience, above all liberties. John Milton

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A Wise Saying – Part 184

Posted on January 14, 2020 by R. Van Conoley

We learn from history that we do not learn from history. Georg Wilhelm F. Hegel

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A Wise Saying – Part 183

Posted on December 31, 2019 by R. Van Conoley

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. Thomas Jefferson

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A Wise Saying – Part 182

Posted on December 20, 2019 by R. Van Conoley

Life contains but two tragedies.  One is not to get your heart’s desire;  the other is to get it. George Bernard Shaw

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A Wise Saying – Part 181

Posted on December 12, 2019 by R. Van Conoley

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.        George Bernard Shaw

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A Wise Saying – 180

Posted on November 22, 2019 by R. Van Conoley

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail.                              Woodrow Wilson

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A Wise Saying – 179

Posted on September 16, 2019 by R. Van Conoley

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.       John Calhoun

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A Wise Saying – Part 178

Posted on July 30, 2019 by R. Van Conoley

A member of Parliament said to Disraeli : ”  Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.”  Disraeli responded: ” Sir, that depends on whether I embrace your policies or your mistress. “

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A Wise Saying – Part 177

Posted on July 28, 2019 by R. Van Conoley

The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.                        George Bernard Shaw

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