“It's not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.”
T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author
“Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.”
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
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American author and essayist 1927–1989Related quotes
“Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.”
Douglas Bader (1910–1982) British World War II flying ace
Brickhill 1954, p. 44. Note: (also quoted as "...for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.") In Reach for the Sky, this quote is attributed to Harry Day, the Royal Flying Corps First World War fighter ace.
Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) American theoretical physicist and professor of physics
"Encouragement of Science" (Address at Science Talent Institute, 6 Mar 1950), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, v.7, #1 (Jan 1951) p. 6-8
Context: We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to enquire. We know that the wages of secrecy are corruption. We know that in secrecy error, undetected, will flourish and subvert.
“I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Variant: Everything happens for a reason, even when we are not wise enough to see it. When there is no struggle, there is no strength.
“Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, Ma, to live up to”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Bringing It All Back Home (1965), It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
“No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Source: 1930s, In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays (1935), Ch. 12: Education and Discipline
Raheel Farooq Pakistani writer
Kalam (2018)
“A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them.”
Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 49
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
16 October 1939
My Day (1935–1962)
Source: This is My Story