Quotes About Wisdom

beware most of clever men who look like fools

Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever. Master

But I suppose regrets at least prevent one from repeating the same mistakes.

I don't intend to rush at the grave, believe me." "Few do. The grave swallows us all regardless.

Above all, he has learned the trick of saying a great deal less than he knows.

Great folk are great 'cause they plant new footsteps. Not 'cause they blunder through the same mistakes some other bastards made.

My old mentor Sazine once told me you should laugh every moment you live, for you'll find it decidedly difficult afterwards.

A good leader can't dwell on the choices he's made, Threetrees used to tell him, and a good leader can't help dwelling on 'em.

When God means to punish a man, the Kantic scriptures say, he sends him stupid friends, and clever enemies.

Listen to what you're told. Learn from those who know better. Be brave, by all means, but don't be rash. Above all, don't get yourself bloody killed!

So....wait and see.' 'Eleven times out of twelve, that's the best course...but if I said it that way, no one would reason me a deep thinker.

The mistakes of old,' intoned Bayaz with the highest pomposity, 'should be made only once. Any worthwhile education, therefore, must be founded on a sound understanding of history.

Supongo que el amor cae donde cae. La madre Owd levantó una ceja. —Por lo general se ve caer de lejos y da tiempo a apartarse. —Pues

Pick your enemies more carefully than your friends," Nothing was muttering at the flames. "They will be with you longer.

A few words can be more effective than a lot of blades, even in such times as these.

Magic fades from the world but, in truth, most problems have always been better solved with a few sharp words. Or a little sharp steel.

Patience is the chief of virtues," his father used to say, and "you won't cross the mountains in a day." Time might be against them, but there was nothing to be gained by rushing. You have to be realistic about these things.

Hay tareas para las que no valen los hombres de fiar. Los conejos se cazan con comadrejas, no con bueyes.

Patience is the parent of success , Stolicus wrote.

First, always do your best to look the coward, the weakling, the fool, Silence is a warrior's best armour, the saying goes. Hard looks and hard words have never won a battle yet, but they've lost a few.

has taught the two of us

Logen tenía que haberse olido que uno no se debe fiar nunca de un tipo que no tiene pelo.

Couldn't be a coincidence that the happiest men Broad ever knew were generally the stupidest.

We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.