Quotes About Wisdom

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

I have some rules of my own. One of them is never to regret anything. Over time, I came to the conclusion that this was the right thing to do. As soon as you start regretting and looking back, you start to sour. You always have to think about the future. You always have to look ahead. Of course you have to analyze your past mistakes, but only so that you can learn and correct the course of your life.

He who is strung doesn't need a tongue.

The pursuit of what is true and the practice of what is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

Judge others by their questions rather than by their answers.

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy

A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age

Nature has always had more force than education.

Common sense is quite rare.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon.

History should be written as philosophy.