"The man of wealth [should] consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer to produce the most beneficial results for the community - the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience and ability to administer, doing for them better than that they would or could do for themselves."
Wisdom Experience quotes
Wisdom Experience
8 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
8 quotes
Andrew Carnegie
Industrialist, Philanthropist
Terry Pratchett
Author
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom."
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Physician, Poet, Essayist
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there."
William S. Burroughs
Writer
"Thinking is not enough. Nothing is. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience — any f...ing thing."
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