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Wisdom of Wolves
From the “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”—Eleanor Roosevelt People have long been fascinated with wild beasts, especially the noble and thoughtful wolf. Here, for the first time, is an inspiring compendium of the wise words of wits throughout the ages coupled with evocative images of these sophisticated canines. In the Wisdom of Wolves, the combination of the words and images will inspire and delight. Wisdom of Wolves makes the perfect present for a forlorn friend or cheerful acquaintance, a low loved one or even yourself—no matter what your mood. Make somebody’s day today—with the wonderful Wisdom of Wolves.
117 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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June 5, 2026
I'm not a fan of books of quotations (unless they are tributes to PBS icons Bob Ross and Cookie Monster). I assume I bought this one as a last second gift or stocking stuffer for my wife because of all the photographs of wolves. She loves them wolves.
While the photos are nice, none of the quotes are actually about wolves. Instead they are pap about character and wisdom. Sometimes an attempt is made to have the photo thematically match the sentiments of the quote, like when Kurt Vonnegut advises, "We are here on Earth to fart around," the picture is of a wolf sniffing its own anus, and when Isaac Newton laments a lack of bridges, there is a wolf on a riverbank with it's front legs in the water.
Someone has randomly put one or two words in each quote in bold typeface in an attempt, I suppose, to make the sentence look more lively on the page.
The people quoted are an eclectic mix of public figures -- politicians, writers, actors, scientists, etc. -- from the gamut of human history. I mean, who would expect to turn a page and go from Plutarch to Bruce Lee?
Quotations included are attributed to Chief Dan George, Thomas Henry Huxley, Shira Tehrani, George S. Patton, Sister Busche, Lao Tzu, Thomas Edison, Helen Keller, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Alice Meynell, Homer, Epictetus, Johann Wolfgang van Goethe, Charles Dickens (twice), James Russel Lowell, Mother Teresa, Henry David Thoreau (twice), Michel de Montaigne (twice), Aeschylus, a Burundi proverb, Kate Chopin, Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Robert Frost, Nelson Mandela, William Jefferson Clinton, Eleanor Roosevelt (twice), Douglas Adams, Ralph Sockman, Hunter S. Thompson, Wang Xizhi, John Malkovich, Charles de Montesquieu, Isaac Newton, Luigi Pirandello, Robert M. Pirsig, Plato, Plutarch, Bruce Lee, Jack London (twice), Janet Lane, Ted Danson, Alexander Woollcott, Buddha, a Japanese proverb, Anwar Sadat, Dalai Lama, Calvin Coolidge, Henry Van Dyke, and Ron Wild.
While the photos are nice, none of the quotes are actually about wolves. Instead they are pap about character and wisdom. Sometimes an attempt is made to have the photo thematically match the sentiments of the quote, like when Kurt Vonnegut advises, "We are here on Earth to fart around," the picture is of a wolf sniffing its own anus, and when Isaac Newton laments a lack of bridges, there is a wolf on a riverbank with it's front legs in the water.
Someone has randomly put one or two words in each quote in bold typeface in an attempt, I suppose, to make the sentence look more lively on the page.
The people quoted are an eclectic mix of public figures -- politicians, writers, actors, scientists, etc. -- from the gamut of human history. I mean, who would expect to turn a page and go from Plutarch to Bruce Lee?
Quotations included are attributed to Chief Dan George, Thomas Henry Huxley, Shira Tehrani, George S. Patton, Sister Busche, Lao Tzu, Thomas Edison, Helen Keller, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Alice Meynell, Homer, Epictetus, Johann Wolfgang van Goethe, Charles Dickens (twice), James Russel Lowell, Mother Teresa, Henry David Thoreau (twice), Michel de Montaigne (twice), Aeschylus, a Burundi proverb, Kate Chopin, Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Robert Frost, Nelson Mandela, William Jefferson Clinton, Eleanor Roosevelt (twice), Douglas Adams, Ralph Sockman, Hunter S. Thompson, Wang Xizhi, John Malkovich, Charles de Montesquieu, Isaac Newton, Luigi Pirandello, Robert M. Pirsig, Plato, Plutarch, Bruce Lee, Jack London (twice), Janet Lane, Ted Danson, Alexander Woollcott, Buddha, a Japanese proverb, Anwar Sadat, Dalai Lama, Calvin Coolidge, Henry Van Dyke, and Ron Wild.
March 26, 2019
Excellent quotes and super pictures.
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