Quotes About Wisdom

With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful; it is neglected and it becomes hurtful. It is exterminated. How many men resemble the nettle! He added, after a pause: Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

Se per caso capiva che la sua infermità si tradisse per qualche apostrofe incoerente o per qualche domanda inintelligibile, la cosa passava per profondità presso alcuni, per imbecillità presso altri. In ambedue i casi l'onore della magistratura era salvo, perchè un giudice può essere benissimo profondo o imbecille a suo piacere, ma sordo no.

in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.

But the work of the wise is one thing and the work of the merely clever is another.

Assim como só nas entranhas da Terra se acham os diamantes, assim somente nas entranhas do pensamento se encontram as verdades.

This is because he has in his heart a pearl, innocence; and pearls are not to be dissolved in mud. So long as man is in his childhood, God wills that he shall be innocent.

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.

The abyss sometimes has these thoughtful ideas; but you will do well to beware of its kindness.

Il y a une manière d'éviter qui ressemble à chercher.

He condemned nothing in haste and without taking circumstances into account. He said, Examine the road over which the fault has passed.

The light of torches resembles the wisdom of cowards; it gives a bad light because it trembles.

Afirmava que tinha 'um sistema'. No mais, um espertalhão. Um filósofo. Existe gente assim.

Les recomiendo la moderación en sus deseos. (Tholomyes)

We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.

Facts are sometimes like a hailstorm. They bombard you; they deafen you.

our judgement of a man would be much sounder were it based on what he dreams rather than on what he thinks.

Remplacer la pensée par la rêverie, c'est confondre un poison avec une nourriture.

Kitapl?k kurmak, tap?nak yapmak kadar kutsald?r.

La lumière des torches ressemble à la sagesse des lâches; elle éclaire mal, parce qu'elle tremble.

pensée est le labeur de l'intelligence, la rêverie en est la volupté. Remplacer la pensée par la rêverie, c'est confondre un poison avec une nourriture.

Qui que vousw soyez qui voulez cultiver, vivifier, édifier, attendrir, apaiser... mettez des livres partout. [Ouverture du congrès littéraire international de 1878)]

Así como los diamantes sólo se encuentran en las profundidades de la tierra, las verdades sólo se hallan en las profundidades del pensamiento.

She had already suffered so much that she reflected with the lugubrious air of an old woman.