Sentence examples for vein of wisdom from inspiring English sources
He will be tempted, of course, to pile on more lies in order to get out of his tight spot, but a rich vein of wisdom running through all the lore and literature of the world is that such lying cannot be shored up indefinitely with more lying.
And if Twain and Chesterton were writers who marshaled wit and paradox in commending wisdom, Guinness richly mines many a classic vein of wisdom, and wit, to help Christians in our time discern what it means to be winsome, and compelling, in commending faith.
The concept of state-building itself is highly contested, with a rich vein of scepticism about the wisdom or feasibility of this as an external project.
It's also about secrets and lies — though Segel offers a sort of prefeminist, garlicky wisdom, in the vein of Apatow's, regarding the mysterious and irrational bond of spontaneous intimacy that a lasting love is based on.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom".
Were there pearls of wisdom?
