“I have often had occasion to observe, that a warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 394.
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British Evangelical Anglican priest and social reformer 1748–1810Related quotes
“Is man one of God’s blunders, or is God one of man’s blunders?”
“What is it: is man only a blunder of God, or God only a blunder of man?”
Wie? ist der Mensch nur ein Fehlgriff Gottes? Oder Gott nur ein Fehlgriff des Menschen?
Maxims and Arrows, 7
Variant: Which? Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?
Source: Twilight of the Idols (1888)
Quote from The private lives of the Impressionists, Sue Roe, Harpen Collins Publishers, New York 2006, p. 53
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“A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.”
Of Ceremonies and Respect
Essays (1625)
Variant: Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Source: The Essays
“Nothing will a man rue more than refusal to listen to the wise.”
54.
Every Good Man is Free
“Nothing would more contribute to make a Man wise, than to have always an Enemy in his view.”
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections
“No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.”
On Oliver Goldsmith1780
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol IV
“The wise man's rule is worth much more to him than the fool's revenue.”
Pt. II, Lib. III, Ch. III.
Guzmán de Alfarache (1599-1604)