Quotes About Sagacity

Another form on sagacity and self-defence consists in reacting as seldom as possible and withdrawing from situations and relationships in which one would be condemned as it were to suspend ones 'freedom', ones initiative, and become a mere reagent.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich people.

In so many ways I'm just thankful for common sense. Common sense keeps you out of trouble.

If you feel the need to be stupid, do so elsewhere.

I'm not ruthless. It's common sense that's ruthless.

So swift, silent and furtive were his movements like those of a trained bloodhound picking out a scent, that I could not but think what a terrible criminal he would have made had he turned his energy and sagacity against the law instead of exerting them in its defense.

Holmes, you have an answer to everything

The conduct of the criminal investigation has been left in the experienced hands of Inspector Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, who is following up the clues with his accustomed energy and sagacity.

Foi assim que um grande escândalo ameaçou o reino da Boêmia, e que os melhores planos de Mr. Sherlock Holmes foram frustrados pela sagacidade de uma mulher. Ele costumava zombar da inteligência das mulheres, mas a partir desse dia nunca mais o vi fazê-lo.

Were we in the habit of looking beyond the specific content of ideologies and doctrines, we should see that to claim kinship with one of them rather than some other does not at all imply much expenditure of sagacity. Those following one party imagine they differ from those following another, whereas all, once they choose, join each other underneath, participate in one and the same nature, and vary only in appearance, by the mask they assume.

Discretion is the best form of calculation.

I cannot tolerate fools - won't have anything to do with them. I only want to associate with brilliant people.

Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.

Luck never made a man wise.

Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.

La ilegalidad es peligrosa y complicada. Requiere paciencia, sagacidad, viveza y un espíritu siempre alerta. No es fácil mantener íntegros los cuidados que exige. Difícil

There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former. The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace. Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

I like this advice—how wise people seem when they give us the counsel we want!

Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.

Successful investing is all about common sense.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.