
“Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes.”
Cork address (1885)
Variant: Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
Source: The Lightning Thief
“Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes.”
Cork address (1885)
“Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.”
Source: The Mark of Athena
1830s, The American Scholar http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm (1837)
Source: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 15, “The Land of Unknown Shadows: The Secret Masters” (p. 422)
“Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.”
In support of John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA, July 26, 2004
2000s
“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
“To bend down for money is OK, but to bow is not.”
Introduction to Money, Power, and Honor, In Jerusalem, the Skies are Lower (1989).
Who Has Seen the Wind? http://www.repeatafterus.com/title.php?i=1191, st. 2 (1872).