"Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue."
― James Buchan
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Wisdom
― James Buchan
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More In Wisdom
- "Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom."― Walter Benjamin
- "Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured."― Michael D. Higgins
- "But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end."― John Jewel