Quotes About Wisdom

I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.

A dinner made up wholly of young people is generally stupid.

I think you know everything at eight. But is is hidden from you, sealed up, in a way you have to cut yourself open to find.

wasn't education a matter of infusing one's life with flavorful essences, pressing out the impurities, and leaving only a little sludge at the bottom?

Don't be too assuming, it doesn't get you anywhere.

But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge (such as disconnecting the lamp, shutting the door, hiding his clothes) must be abandoned in order to keep the peace. Oh, I'm becoming so sensible! ...

Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.

How can I make it clear to him that what appears easy and attractive will drag him down into the depths, depths where there is no comfort to be found, no friends and no beauty, depths from which it is almost impossible to raise oneself?

Older people have formed their opinions about everything, and don't waver before they act. It's twice as hard for us young ones to hold our ground, and maintain our opinions, in a time when all ideals are being shattered and destroyed, when people are showing their worst side, and do not know whether to believe in truth and right and God.

I'll show then that Anne Frank wasn't born yesterday

The art of living. Isn't that a funny expression?

C?ci în mod fundamental tinereÈ›ea este mai solitar? decât b?trâneÈ›ea.

Later on, when you're older, you won't be able to enjoy anything any more. You'll say, "Oh, I read that twenty years ago in some book." You'd better hurry if you want to catch a husband or fall in love, since everything is bound to be a disappointment to you. You already know all there is to know in theory. But in practice? That's another story!

It seems to me that, later on, neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the chatterings of a 13-year-old schoolgirl…

Îmi dau seama c? o etap? din ea s-a încheiat definitiv: perioada f?r? griji È™i necazuri a anilor de È™coal? nu se mai întoarce niciodat?. Nici m?car n-o regret, am dep??it stadiul ?sta, nu pot s? fac doar tâmpenii, o p?rticic? din mine îÈ™i p?streaz? mereu gravitatea.

La carta è più paziente degli uomini.

Întotdeauna exist? inima È™i raÈ›iunea, fiecare trebuie s? vorbeasc? la timpul s?u.

I've known a lot of sorrow, but who hasn't at my age?

Little children, such as Anne, must never, ever correct their elders, no matter how many blunders they make or how often they let their imaginations run away with them.

Better a day too early than a day too late

Sometimes old people have really old-fashioned ideas, but that doesn't mean I have to go along with them.

to do better at the start of each new day and, after a while, would certainly accomplish a great deal. Everyone is welcome to this prescription; it costs nothing and is definitely useful. Those who don't know will have to find out by experience that "a quiet conscience gives you strength!" Yours, Anne M. Frank

Those who don't know will have to find out by experience that "a quiet conscience gives you strength!" Yours

Later on, when you are older, you won't enjoy anything., then you'll say: 'I read that in books twenty years ago.