Also: Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,— "Wait and hope".
Chapter 117 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo/Chapter_117
Variant: All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo (1845–1846)
“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.”
Source: The Christian Agnostic (1965), p.96 (Unnamed * “scholarly writer”: London Times. December 4, 1954)
“Dare! — this word contains all the politics of our revolution.”
Osez! — ce mot renferme toute la politique de notre révolution.
Speech to the National Convention (February 26, 1794) http://books.google.com/books?client=safari&rls=en&q=%22ce%20mot%20renferme%20toute%20la%20politique%20de%22&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wp; though widely published in the above form, this has sometimes been misquoted in some recent publications http://www.royet.org/nea1789-1794/archives/discours/stjust_suspects_incarceres_26_02_94.htm as: Osez! — ce mot renferme toute la politique de votre révolution. [Dare! — this word contains all the politics of your revolution.]
“A short saying often contains much wisdom.”
Aletes, fragment 99.
“An aphorism can contain only as much wisdom as overstatement will permit.”
Introduction to Unkempt Thoughts, St. Martin's Press (1962)
Source: Language, thought and reality (1956), p. 61.
