Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?<br> Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? T. S. Eliot, The Rock British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet (1888 - 1965) Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. Dr. Laurence J. Peter Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live. Margaret Fuller US Transcendentalist author & editor (1810 - 1850) I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. Douglas Adams English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001) Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed? Count Oxenstierna If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. Seneca Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD) California is a fine place to live--if you happen to be an orange. Fred Allen US radio comedian (1894 - 1956) There is a tide in the affairs of men,<br> Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;<br> Omitted, all the voyage of their life<br> Is bound in shallows and in miseries. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616) The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. Jonathan Swift Irish essayist, novelist, & satirist (1667 - 1745) A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one. John Russell |