Quotes About Wisdom

astutely observes that a Man's sense of

But bees that hae honey in their mouths hae stings in their tails, aye?' He

I've spent more than twenty years looking for answers, Roger, and I can tell you only one thing: There aren't any answers, only choices. I've made a number of them myself, and no one can tell me whether they were right or wrong.

the Devil you ken is better than the Devil you don't.

I knew an old lady in the Highlands once, who said the lines in your hand don't predict your life; they reflect it.

Then ye live with it, laddie, he said softly. That's all.

the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers.

Diana Gabaldon

Just as my grandmother taught me, and her grandmother before her.

No entiendo que la gente no se dé cuenta de que Dios tiene un travieso sentido del humor

Quien hace caso de los chismorreos acabará oyendo calumnias sobre sí mismo tarde o temprano

Washington knew what he was about, though; he listened more than he talked, and when he said something, it was to the point.

But bees that hae honey in their mouths hae stings in their tails, aye?

Don't fart above your arsehole.

Always, always, I had had to balance compassion with wisdom, love with judgment, humanity with ruthlessness.

Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. But what is it that the old women see? We see necessity, and we do the things that must be done. Young women don't see—they are, and the spring of life runs through them. Ours is the guarding of the spring, ours the shielding of the light we have lit, the flame that we are.

The mountains had their own time, and a wise man didn't hurry them.

Put your trust in God, and pray for guidance. And when in doubt, eat.

It would take a real daftie to forget that, Sassenach," he said. "I may be lacking practice, but I havena lost all my faculties yet.

Voir les années s'inscrire sur ton corps et ton visage me procure une joie immense, Sassenach : Parce qu'elles signifient que tu vis.

There is a saying, "In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." I promptly invented its analogy, based on experience: "When no one knows what to do, anyone with a sensible suggestion is going to be listened to.

It's a wise man who kens the limits of his knowledge

Perhaps you are too young to know the power of hate and despair. Quarry's voice spoke in Grey's memory. He was not; he recognized them at once in the depths of Fraser's eyes.

Nay, he needs a woman, not a girl. And Laoghaire will be a girl when she's fifty.