“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”– Aesop Related Quotes “Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”– Elbert Hubbard “As for thy thirst after books, away with it with all speed.”— Marcus Aurelius “It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly.”– John George Nicolay