Quotes About Wisdom

Ai fost un prost. Nu trebuia s-o visezi, trebuia s-o iubeÅŸti.

As long as you have not grasped that you have to die to grow, you are a troubled guest on the dark earth".

The primitive magician, the medicine man or shaman is not only a sick man, he is above all, a sick man who has been cured, who has succeeded in curing himself.

Am iubit întotdeauna pe mai multe planuri, n-am ÅŸtiut s? sacrific totul pentru un sâmbure de adev?r sau de via??, de aceea m-am lovit de toate pragurile ÅŸi m-au dus valurile cum au vrut.

If one lives to a grand old age, loss is an accepted part of life. It comes with the territory

Saint-Exupéry's Le Petit Prince is a book all French people know well. It can be read in an hour but is packed with timeless wisdom.

Garbage in, garbage out~

When a man remains over after death, His deeds are set beside him as treasure, And being yonder lasts forever. A fool is who does what they reprove!

Lo, there is much hatred in the streets, The wise says, "Yes," the fool says, "No," The ignorant is satisfied.

I have seen many beatings Set your heart on books! I watched those seized for labor There's nothing better than books!

The day in school will profit you Its works are for ever.

If one fights in the arena forgetful of the past, Success will elude him who ignores what he should know.

Copy your fathers, your ancestors, See, their words endure in books, Open, read them, copy their knowledge, He who is taught becomes skilled. Don't be evil, kindness is good..

When you walk behind officials, Follow at a proper distance. When you enter a man's house. And he's busy with someone before you, Sit with your hand over your mouth. Do not ask him for anything, Only do as he tells you, Beware of rushing to the table Be weighty and very dignified, Do not speak of secret things, Who hides his thought shields himself. Do not say things recklessly, When you sit with one who's hostile.

He who puts his brother in the ground is everywhere. The word of the wise has fled without delay. Lo, the son of man is denied recognition, The child of his lady became the son of his maid. Lo, the desert claims the land, The nomes are destroyed.

Do not tell lies against your mother, the magistrates abhor it. The descendant who does what is good. His actions all emulate the past. Do not consort with a rowdy. It harms you when one hears of it. If you have eaten three loaves, drunk two jugs of beer, and the belly is not sated, restrain it! When another eats, don't stand there, beware of rushing to the table!

Trust not the morrow before it has come; none knows the trouble in it.

When you drink with a drunkard. Take when his heart is content. THE INSTRUCTION ADDRESSED TO KAGEMNI Papyrus Prisse, pp. 1-2 Fragment

When the secret of truth is found, falsehood is thrown on its back on the ground.

And he who is wise will libate for me, When he sees fulfilled what I have spoken!

Not speaks one who spoke, There speaks one who wilt speak, May another find what he will speak! Not a teller of tales after they happen. This has been done before ; Nor a teller of what might be said, This is vain endeavor, it is lies. And none will recall his name to others. I say this in accord with what I have seen: From the first generation to those who come after, They imitate that which is past.

To do what profits is eternity.

Truly, he who is yonder will be a wise man.

The scribe is regarded as one who hears, For the hearer becomes a doer.