“Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.”– Octavio Paz Related Quotes “War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.”– Thomas Paine “To keep your secret is wisdom to expect others to keep it is folly.”– William Samuel Johnson “I’ve always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.”– Peter Jennings