Quotes About Wisdom

Nicholas Shakespeare

He tells not a half truth, but a truth and a half

They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it

Barbara ne pose pas de question. elle ne veut pas savoir ce qui s'est passé. Ce qu'elle sait, c'est que chacun ici reçoit son lot de malheurs et qu'il ne sert à rien de les partager, qu'en parler ne fait qu'alourdir le fardeau des autres. C'est une immense leçon de vie qu'elle n'oubliera jamais.

I've got some words of wisdom.

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

We start out knowing all the answers, and in the end we realize how little we know. Just the important things. And by that time… no one listens anymore. Hang

My journey was like the one in the book. That is the thing about books. You take their journeys with you. You came home with something more than just the remains of a fish. The book was never about the fish.

The more I read, the more I learn, the more I discover that I know nothing.

I'm very good at the past. It's the present I can't understand.

Whenever its name has been anything but a jest, philosophy has been haunted by a subterranean question: What if knowledge were a means to deepen unknowing?

Personally, I don't bother with anything cheap—my mother always said cheap was dear in the long run—but some people aren't fussy.

You musn't neglect your education in favor of your studies.

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

Great leaders do not rush to make changes because of failure.

The older you get, the more you live with ghosts.

Tell your friends not to think aloud Until they swallow.

My best friend gave me the best advice He said each day's a gift and not a given right Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind

Who advised counting to 10? Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president of the United States. In his book entitled A Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life he wrote: "When angry, count to 10 before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.

For everyone knew Fiachnae would rise again, it's what the Irish did, and mac Báetáin was cannier than most.

Me, I'll just continue to pretend I'm both blind and stupid, and brightly say the things other people find foolish, and so make the truth foolish.

I'm tired to stupidity. My apologies.

Never say the dangerous thing aloud.

I told her of your knife fight, and your purchase, and she told me, gravely, to tell you to have a care with the girl. She said wealh and Anglisc do not walk the same path or dream the same dreams. And she should know.