Quotes About Wisdom

Ignorant people raise questions which were answered by the wise thousands of years ago

Agli stupidi non capita mai di pensare che il merito e la buona sorte sono strettamente correlati.

So viel versichre ich dir: ich bin über die wichtigsten Punkte mehr als gewiß, und obgleich die Erkenntnis sich ins Unendliche erweitern könnte, so hab' ich doch vom Endlich-Unendlichen einen sichern, ja klaren und mitteilbaren Begriff.

O, svetitelju! Tu sam vas i ceko! Zar bi vam ovo bio slucaj prvi da nesto svedocite lazno? Zar niste Boga, svet i sve sto svetom vrvi, sve sto coveku trepti u glavi i u krvi, definisali izvanredno snazno, drskoga cela, smelo, zaneseno? A kad biste valjano u sebe zagledali, morali biste priznati posteno da ste o svemu tome taman toliko znali koliko i o smrti gospodin-Svertlajnovoj.

Si la prudencia pudiese conciliarse con la juventud, si pudiesen existir repúblicas sin virtud alguna, ¡cuán pronto vería el mundo cumplidos sus altos destinos!

Gözlerin aç?k diye gördü?ünü san?yorsun.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A good man apologizes for the mistakes of the past, but a great man corrects them.

T?tad man bija visai maz l?dz?ts ar to, ka atbr?vojos no saviem maldiem, - sapr?ts un skaidr? spriešanas sp?ja man nodar?ja v?l liel?ku ?aunumu.

As soon as you are in a social setting, you better take away the key to the lock of your heart and pocket it; those who leave thekey in the lock are fools.

??i ai c?ng s?ng qua, nh?ng m?y k? ?ã bi?t ??i

Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame." "?? ???? ?????????? ????? ??????? ???, ??? ?????" (in Russian)

One need only grow old to become gentler in one's judgments. I see no fault committed which I could not have committed myself.

I shall never rest until I know that all my ideas are derived not from hearsay or tradition but from my real living contact with the things themselves.

Our errors were endured because we found no beaten path; but from him who comes later into the world more is required; he must not be seeking and blundering, but should use the instructions of the old ones to proceed at once on the right path. It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

Eigentlich weiß man nur wenn man wenig weiß - mit dem Wissen wächst der Zweifel.

Jer savrsenog protivrecja spoj ne shvata niti mudrac, nit' glupak, nit iko. Moj prijatelju, vestina je ova koliko drevna, toliko i nova. Vazda je covek sluzio se time: trime i jednim, i jednim i trime zabludu mesto istine da slavi. I tako brblja, druge uci tako neometano, po volji i vesto. Ko bi jos budalama da se bavi? Samo li cuje reci, obicno smatra svako da se pri tom, bez sumnje, mora i misliti nesto.

Personalmente preferisco sopportare nel mio ambiente errori e infrazioni fino a quando posso imporre la virtù contraria, piuttosto che liberarmi dell'errore senza vederlo sostituito da nulla di corretto. L'essere umano ama fare il bene, l'utile, se solo riesce ad arrivarci; lo fa per fare qualcosa e non riflette in merito più di quanto non faccia su quegli sciocchi scherzi che compie per ozio e noia.

Allwissend bin ich nicht; doch viel ist mir bewusst.

S? ridic perdeaua ?i s? trec dup? ea, asta e tot! ?i ce atâta ?ov?ial? ?i t?r?g?neal?! Pentru c? nu se ?tie ce este dincolo de ea? O însu?ire caracteristic? a spiritului nostru este aceea de-a b?nui c? e numai tulburare ?i întunecime acolo unde nu ?tim l?murit ce este.

Život je naljepši pronalazak prirode, a smrt njena vještina, da što bolje iskoristimo život.

He whose vision cannot cover History's three thousand years, Must in outer darkness hover, Live within the day's frontiers.

Io ora credo di essere sulla giusta via, considerandomi sempre un viaggiatore che perde molto per godere molto.