Quotes About Wisdom

Svaki ?ovek ima ono malo svoga razuma da razabere kako ne može živeti samo prema razumu.

The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy. Katczinsky

Ja no kaut k? atsak?s, tad to vairs nepazaud?s, - Georgs saka. - Tikai idioti t? r?kojas.

The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy. Katczinsky said that was a result of their upbringing. It made them stupid. And what Kat said, he had thought about.

Nikada se ne bi trebalo oti?i ili se nikada ne bi smelo vratiti; jer ionako se nikada ne na?e natrag i ostaje se u razdoru.

Elus võidab ainutl loll; tark näeb liiga palju takistusi ja muutub ebakindlaks.

Tik kvailas laimi gyvenime. Protingas mato per daug kli??i? ir netenka pasitik?jimo, dar nieko neprad?j?s.

Žinojimas išlaisvina žmog?, bet padaro j? nelaiming?.

Thus the Great Mother is uroboric: terrible and devouring, beneficent and creative; a helper, but also alluring and destructive; a maddening enchantress, yet a bringer of wisdom; bestial and divine, voluptuous harlot and inviolable virgin, immemori-ally old and eternally young.4

un adevarat medic aproape niciodata nu cere ajutorul altui medic. Pentru ca sunt dureros de constienti de cat de putin stie cineva sa vindece bolnavii.

Du kommer langt med vettet, sa faren min alltid, men der hvor vettet ikke bærer lenger, må du lite på Gud

You don't necessarily need to travel to be educated. …You learn a bit in school, a lot from books, and even more from life. …And from the stories of those who have traveled!

Parce qu'il est plus facile de se cacher derrière une vie de quarante ans que derrière une de vingt.

I find it all infinitely sad, but at the same time so entrancing, that I often feel as if it would be the part of wisdom to fly at once to the woods or mountains where one can always find peace. - Dora Root in a letter to Daniel Burnham

When you're in a pissin' contest with a skunk, make sure you got plenty of piss.

Facts are better than dreams.

Time lost can never be recovered," he said, "and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere.

Mackworth turned to Conner and said, "I always thought a shipwreck was a well-organized affair." "So did I," Conner replied, "but I've learnt a devil of a lot in the last five minutes.

She reminded him that in the past he had been fond of quoting a French maxim, "On ne règne sur les âmes que par le calme," meaning, essentially, "One leads by calm.

I think I should never willingly cease drifting in that dreamland. I find it all infinitely sad, but at the same time so entrancing, that I often feel as if it would be the part of wisdom to fly at once to the woods or mountains where one can always find peace. - Dora Root

I don't see how in the course of having to make endless decisions one can avoid some mistakes.

Always remember, Clemmie, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old.

When I was young, people used to say to me: Wait until you're fifty, you'll see. I am fifty. I haven't seen anything.