“By gnawing through a dyke even a rat may drown a nation.”
More from Edmund Burke on Wisdom
“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”
“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”
“Mere parsimony is not economy . . . expense and great expense may be an essential part of true economy.”
“We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us.”
“There is a courageous wisdom there is also a false reptile prudence the result not of caution but of fear.”
“Example is the school of mankind and they will learn at no other.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”