"When trouble comes, wise men take to..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard
When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods.
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More on Wisdom
“Man is not to drown himself in the well of the Shastras, but he is to dive in their broad ocean and bring out pearls.”
“From cane reeds, sugar. From a worm's cocoon, silk. Be patient if you can, and from sour grapes will come something sweet.”
“This is a time, when there seems to be a particular need for friends of wisdom and truth to join together.”
More on Weakness
“Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.”
“Among other causes of misfortune which your not being armed brings upon you, it makes you despised.”
“I have no way and therefore want no eyes I stumbled when I saw. Full oft 'tis seen our means secure us, and our mere defects prove our commodities.”