Quotes About Wisdom

Those who do not learn from History are condemned to repeat it.

The Christian Church became the sole sanctuary of learning and knowledge.

no es que un general sea mejor que otro, es que un general es mejor que dos generales».

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of pick themselves up and hurt off as if nothing had happened

Le cœur a ses raisons, que la raison ne connait pas.' It

more than is wise or philosophic; but I contain myself, when nothing is to be gained by giving way.

The veils of the future are lifted one by one, and mortals must act from day to day.

A battle is a veil through which it is not wise to peer.

The great impediment to action is not discussion, but the want of that knowledge which is gained by discussion preparatory to action.'—PERICLES.

When the notes of life ring false, men should correct them by referring to the tuning-fork of death. It is when that clear menacing tone is heard that the love of life grows keenest in the human heart.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

But any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

Leggere libri è il gioco più bello che l'umanità abbia inventato.

Ante esta visión siempre me abandona la certeza de que lo importante es más importante que lo insignificante.

No he vivido más que tú, sino sólo lo bastante para pensar de lejos.

En el tercer planeta del sol la conciencia limpia y tranquila es síntoma primordial de animalidad.

Why do we treat the fleeting day with so much needless fear and sorrow? It's in its nature not to stay: Today is always gone tomorrow.

Poetry (whatever we may say) is, was, and will always be a game. And as very child knows, all games have rules. So why do grown-ups forget?

Such stories may predominate in daily life, but when literature starts taking cues from statistics, it seals its own fate.

Goodness is helpless without wits

Nie ma rozpusty gorszej ni? my?lenie.

Quatro bilhões de pessoas nesta terra, e minha imaginação é como era. Não se dá bem com grandes números.

How light the raindrop's contents are; how gently the world touches me. From View With a Grain of Sand

Già splende il bosco nelle Ardenne. Non avvicinarti a me. Sciocca, sciocca, ho praticato il mondo.