Quotes About Wisdom

Il fango ti può nutrire, mentre il fuoco ti ridurrà in cenere, ma i folli, i bambini e le fanciulle scelgono sempre il fuoco. Mud would nourish you, where fire would only consume you, but fools and children and young girls would choose fire every time.

And how do I do that? the old man wondered. Once I might have silenced him forever, but now …

I've known a great many clever men. I've outlived them all. Do you know why? I ignored them" – Lady Olenna Tyrell

Luwin mester azt mondja, nincs semmi az álmokban, amit?l félni kellene. – Van – mondta Jojen. – Mi? – A múlt. A jöv?. Az igazság.

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life

Love can make a fool of any man.

If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.

Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

The man who became of his understanding of the laws of wealth, acquireth a growing surplus, should give thought to those future days. He should plan certain investments or provisions that may endure safely for many years, yet will be available when the time arrives which he has so wisely anticipated.

The thoughts of youth,' he continued, 'are bright lights that shine forth like the meteors that oft make brilliant the sky, but the wisdom of age is like the fixed stars that shine so unchanged that the sailor may depend upon them to steer his course.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

The unleavened bread of knowledge will sustain life, but it is dull fare unless it is leavened with the yeast of personality.

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes.

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

Le vrai est trop simple, il faut y arriver toujours par le compliqué." ("The truth is too simple: one must always get there by a complicated route.") [Letter to Armand Barbès, 12 May 1867]

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Nonsense is good only because common sense is so limited.

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.