Wisdom

Interesting words of wisdom are found in famous quotations, old sayings, and fables. Indeed, many old sayings are directly from fables such as these old sayings.
United we stand - divided we fall.
Enemies promises were made to be broken.
Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
Birds of a feather flock together.

Aesop's fables were created about 600 years before Christ. They have endured the test of time because of the basic truths which we need to remember. At the time of their creation, there was no such thing as stories just for children. Fables had lessons for adults. Some are not appropriate for children.

Quotations

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.
Mark Twain
See the quote from a blog using this phrase in regard to the "Vanity Fair" cover of Cindy and John McCain.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Mark Twain

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
Will Durant

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.
Horace Mann

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.
Horace Mann

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.
Horace Mann

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.
Horace Mann

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Horace Mann

The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America.
John McCain

We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home.
John McCain

Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice.
John McCain

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
John McCain

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.
John McCain

Fables for These Days

What do our enemies what?

Some of the enemies of Israel and the USA have expressed the preferance for Obama in the US presidental election. Here is some truth for modern times from the age-old wisdom of Aesop's Fables.

The Nurse and the Wolf

"Be quiet now," said an old nurse to a child sitting on her lap. "If you make that noise again I will throw you to the wolf."

Now it chanced that a wolf was passing close under the window as this was said. So he crouched down by the side of the house and waited. "I am in good luck to-day," thought he. "It is sure to cry soon, and a daintier morsel I haven't had for many a long day."

So he waited, and he waited, and he waited, till at last the child began to cry, and the wolf came forward before the window, and looked up to the nurse, wagging his tail. But all the nurse did was to shut down the window and call for help, and the dogs of the house came rushing out. "Ah," said the wolf as he galloped away,

"Enemies promises were made to be broken."

The Tortoise and the Birds

A tortoise desired to change its place of residence, so he asked an eagle to carry him to his new home promising her a rich reward for her trouble. The eagle agreed and seizing the tortoise by the shell with her talons soared aloft.

On their way, they met a crow, who said to the eagle: "Tortoise is good eating."

"The shell is too hard," said the eagle in reply.

"The rocks will soon crack the shell," was the crow's answer; and the eagle, taking the hint, let the tortoise fall on a sharp rock, and the two birds made a hearty meal of the tortoise.

Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.

The Father and His Sons

A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces.

They tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it. He next opened the faggot, took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into his sons' hands, upon which they broke them easily.

He then addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."

United we stand. Divided we fall.

The Ass and His Purchaser

A man wished to purchase an ass, and agreed with its owner that he should try out the animal before he bought him. He took the ass home and put him in the straw-yard with his other asses, upon which the new animal left all the others and at once joined the one that was most idle and the greatest eater of them all.

Seeing this, the man put a halter on him and led him back to his owner. On being asked how, in so short a time, he could have made a trial of him, he answered, "I do not need a trial; I know that he will be just the same as the one he chose for his companion."

A man is known by the company he keeps.

The Farmer and the Stork

A farmer placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of cranes which came to pick up his seed. With them, he trapped a stork that had fractured his leg in the net and was earnestly beseeching the farmer to spare his life.

"Pray save me, Master," he said, "and let me go free this once. My broken limb should excite your pity. Besides, I am no crane, I am a stork, a bird of excellent character; and see how I love and slave for my father and mother. Look too, at my feathers-- they are not the least like those of a crane."

The farmer laughed aloud and said, "It may be all as you say, I only know this: I have taken you with these robbers, the cranes, and you must die in their company."

Birds of a feather flock together.

Posted by the owners of this site at http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2008/07/vanity-fair-spoof-satire-cover-of.html
So what does the cover of Vanity Fair show? McCain is old. We know that. We also know he is healthy and obviously not using a walker. Cindy had (had NOT has) a problem with prescription drugs. We know that. She isn't trying to hide it. The picture of Bush? Hey, McCain can work with anyone, even Kennedy. We know that. Burning the Constitution? Come on now! Many people appreciate the fact (FACT) that wisdom comes with age. Remember this quote from Mark Twain: "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." Obama is more than 21 but he still has a lot to learn! We can't afford on the job training.

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