“Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.”– Sophocles Related Quotes “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”– John C. Maxwell “As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values.”– Edward Levi “Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.”– Carl Sandburg