Quotes About Understanding

Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.

Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said,And the words to say it flow with ease.

Some excel in rhyme who reason foolishly.

Ce n'est jamais la vie qui décline, mais seulement l'idée qu'on parvient à s'en faire.

Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.

If we would please in society, we must be prepared to be taught many things we know already by people who do not know them.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

When two words are identical, you must not take undue offence or think you have been wronged in terms of choice. Simplicity is a fine patience of meaning.

When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it.

Did you really love her? Did you really enter her heart and mind? Or did the two of you always remain outside each other?

said. And it's clear, isn't it? Anyone can

It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers, off-the-wall sense of humour like me.

Listen twice as much as you talk and others will hear twice as much of what you say.

Seek to know others and you will be amazed at how it will help you understand yourself.

The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature.

Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.

By studying the masters -- not their pupils.