“How much a dunce that has been sent to roam Excels a dunce that has been kept at home!”
More from William Cowper on Wisdom
“If the world like it not, so much the worse for them.”
“He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.”
“A fool must now and then be right by chance.”
“A glory gilds the sacred page Majestic like the sun It gives a light to every age It gives but borrows none.”
“We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.”
“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”
“Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.”
“How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.”
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.”