"The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything."
― Milan Kundera
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Wisdom
More From Milan Kundera
- "The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead."
- "No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches."
- "Mankind’s true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it."
More In Wisdom
- "However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue."― Wilhelm von Humboldt
- "The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought."― Edward Young
- "Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means."― Francis Hutcheson