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Quotes About Understanding

As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!
~ Coco Chanel
Don't you think, that there are very few men who know, without raising their voice or changing their tone, to say...what has to be said?
~ Colette
elle ne pouvait pas comprendre que l'humeur sensuelle d'un homme est une saison brève, dont le retour incertain n'est jamais un recommencement.
~ Colette
Je sais très bien, depuis longtemps, que j'ai un cœur déraisonnable, mais, de le savoir, ça ne m'arrête pas du tout.
~ Colette
Lecz kobiecie z trudem przychodzi nie oddac sie mezczyznie
~ Colette
But though love laughs at difference in age, friendship, especially between two women, is more acutely conscious of it.
~ Colette
I've known perfectly well, for a long time, that I have an irrational heart. But knowing it doesn't stop me in the least.
~ Colette
Desde hace algún tiempo, mis ojos siempre dan la impresión de saber algo que yo no sé.
~ Colette
Science is but the statement of truth found out.
~ Unknown
The beauty of Radical Forgiveness lies in the fact that it does not require us to recognize what we project. We simply forgive the person for what is happening at the time. In doing so, we automatically undo the projection, no matter how complicated the situation. The reason for this is simple, in that the person represents the original pain that caused us to project in the first place. As we forgive him or her, we clear that original pain.
~ Unknown
The secret of a successful marriage is not to be at home too much.
~ Colin Chapman
And love?" asked the Sangharaj. "The ultimate compromise," said Siri. "It's so important to have a partner that we cut and shape our tastes and likes and dislikes and go to great lengths to tolerate differences. We do this so we have someone beside us.
~ Unknown
closed my eyes and diverted my mind from the awful sounds by thinking about language. I'd always thought of it as a friend. It's guided me through life and shown me new directions. Each new language I learned added to me. I became richer. But a language you don't know, sir, that is one mean, unfriendly son of a bitch. It's rude and secretive and it pushes you away, keeps you on the outside. And that's where I am now, on the outside.
~ Unknown
Man kann den Wald nicht vor Baümen sehen.
~ Colin Dexter
I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew): Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. (RUDYARD KIPLING)
~ Colin Dexter
During the few minutes that Lewis was away, Morse was acutely conscious of the truth of the proposition that the wider the circle of knowledge the greater the circumference of ignorance.
~ Colin Dexter
Prostia, dup? cum spune Pyrrhon, nu-i deloc mai prejos decât înÈ›elepciunea, de care nu se deosebeÈ™te prin nimic.
~ Henryk Sienkiewicz
NiechÄ™tni (bo któ? ich nie ma) mówili wprawdzie, ?e ?ony we wszystkim zbytnio sÅ'ucha, ale on siÄ™ tego nie wstydziÅ', owszem, sam przyznawaÅ', ?e w ka?dej wa?niejszej sprawie zawsze rady jej zasiÄ™ga.
~ Henryk Sienkiewicz
It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one.
~ Heraclitus
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
~ Heraclitus
Stupidity is doomed, therefore, to cringe at every syllable of wisdom.
~ Heraclitus
Dog bark at what they don't understand.
~ Heraclitus
Many who have learned from Hesiod the countless names of gods and monsters never understand that night and day are one
~ Heraclitus
Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
~ Heraclitus