Wisdom of The Elders

Famous quotes containing the words wisdom and/or elders:

    We judge of a man’s wisdom by his hope, knowing that the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    I’ve noticed that the children of other nations always seem precocious. That’s because the strange manners of their elders have caught our attention most and the children echo those manners enough to seem like their parents.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)