Quotes About Discernment

Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.

Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.

They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think.

Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.

Taste is nothing but a delicate good sense.

Good taste is the flower of good sense.

Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.

If you keep your mind sufficiently open, people will throw a lot of rubbish into it.

Horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on what people will do.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Wisdom is only found in trudi.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding.

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ and the difference of things which are alike.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

To speak French does not mean wits.

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