William Gilmore Simms Quote

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.


Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside (ed. 1853)


The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.