"In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause." ― George Eliot Topic(s): Wisdom Tags: laughter More From George Eliot "In every parting there is an image of death." "Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest." "Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." More In Wisdom "To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute."― James Buchanan "All great peoples are conservative."― Thomas Carlyle "Wisdom is learning what to overlook."― William James
