The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

I realised fairly early that the 'wisdom of the ages' - whether from 3000 years ago or yesterday - often was simply and perfectly adaptable to the context of the football arena, and immensely valuable. From my regular morning habit of reading, I would write down any wise, pragmatic and smart quotes and ideas that struck me, and that I felt could be of use in coaching.

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.

Lord Peter Wimsey: I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.

I say quotations are literary. They are good only when dealing with ideas, not with experience. Experience should be pure, unique.

Where there is insight in citation, or wisdom winged with wit, especially from the world of letters, I have quoted liberally. For a good epigram not only makes a point, but a point to ponder. This book provides many such quotations that I have unearthed from the tomes of many writers.

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

The wisdom of our ancestors.

Wisdom is the echo of experience.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone-quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.