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Quotes About Wisdom

What's that as flies without wings, your ladyship? Time! Time!
~ lawrence d h
Where sanity is there God is.
~ lawrence d h
The only principle I can see in this life, is that one must forfeit the less for the greater.
~ lawrence d h ii
Beware of absolutes. There are many gods.
~ lawrence d h iv
The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.
~ Lawrence Durrell
Love is like trench warfare - you cannot see the enemy, but you know he is there and that it is wiser to keep your head down.
~ Lawrence Durrell
Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.
~ Lawrence Durrell
Think long thoughts in short sentences.
~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Let us arise and go now to the Isle of Manisfree and live the true blue simple life of wisdom and wonderment where all things grow straight up aslant and singing in the yellow sun poppies out of cowpods thinking angels out of turds. I must arise and go now to the Isle of Manisfree way up behind the broken words and woods of Arcady.
~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Indeed, Clausewitz was wary of the general who tried to be too smart. He preferred those who kept their imaginations in check and a firm grip on the harsh realities of battle.
~ Lawrence Freedman
fortaleza y el ingenio (bi? y m?tis), representadas respectivamente por Aquiles y Ulises (u Odiseo);
~ Lawrence Freedman
gurús» (del sánscrito, palabra que designa al maestro que puede iluminar el lugar donde solo había oscuridad).
~ Lawrence Freedman
si los mortales estaban sufriendo «más de lo necesario» no era por culpa de los dioses, sino por culpa de «la ceguera de sus propios corazones».
~ Lawrence Freedman
en la naturaleza de las cosas uno nunca puede intentar escapar a un peligro sin toparse con otro; pero la prudencia consiste en saber cómo reconocer la naturaleza de los distintos peligros y en aceptar el mal menor como la mejor consecuencia».[18]
~ Lawrence Freedman
Although 'Machiavellian' has become synonymous with strategies based on deceit and manipulation, Machiavelli's approach was actually far more balanced. He understood that the more the prince was perceived to rely on devious methods, the less likely it would be that they succeeded. The wise strategist would seek to develop a foundation for the exercise of power that went beyond false impressions and harsh punishments, and onto real accomplishments and general respect.
~ Lawrence Freedman
una idea concreta de inteligencia práctica».
~ Lawrence Freedman
Tricks with language allowed the foolish and ignorant to appear wise and knowledgeable
~ Lawrence Freedman
Y si bien la fuerza física puede ser derrotada por una fuerza superior, la m?tis puede derrotar a cualquier fuerza.
~ Lawrence Freedman
Un famoso pasaje bíblico apunta que «la carrera no la gana el más ágil, ni la batalla el más fuerte».[3] El escritor americano Damon Runyon añadió: «Pero yo apostaría por ellos».
~ Lawrence Freedman
Clausewitz was wary of the general who tried to be too smart. He preferred those who kept their imaginations in check and a firm grip on the harsh realities of battle.
~ Lawrence Freedman
Desde el principio de los tiempos, el éxito fue el resultado del uso de la inteligencia en la misma medida que del uso de la fuerza, y siempre fue más inteligente conseguir que otros te ayuden a derrotar a un oponente más fuerte.
~ Lawrence Freedman
Tolstoy's belief that true understanding only existed in the present and events were decided "on the instant." This is why Kutuzov's best advice before the battle was to get a good night's sleep: immediate attentiveness to unfolding possibilities was going to be more valuable than forward planning.11
~ Lawrence Freedman
The choice of strategy might be based on common sense: the test of character was to find this in situations of extreme stress.
~ Lawrence Freedman
beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right
~ Lawrence Hill