Search results for Traditional wisdom from predominantly agricultural societies

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

William Shakespeare

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

William Shakespeare

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

William Shakespeare

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.

Andrew Jackson

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

Henry Ford

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.

Benjamin Harrison

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

Benjamin Harrison

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Woodrow Wilson

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Herbert Hoover