“Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.”– George William Curtis Related Quotes “Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.”– Mikhail Gorbachev “Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.”– Riccardo Muti “We don’t receive wisdom we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”– Marcel Proust