Quotes About Wisdom

I'm the type that thinks if you don't learn from history, you're doomed to repeat it.

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.

Do not boast because you have beliefs; don't forget that hundreds of absurd beliefs in the history are totally disappeared!

I'm defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly. It's not only taking a big political risk but it's also the risk that in the hindsight of history, people think it's wise.

One of the reasons we do history, in fact, is because it acts as a brake, a control, on our otherwise unbridled enthusiasm for our own ideas.

you don't need to go that far in the future, you just have to go 2000 years ago,

History is the preceptor of prudence, not principles.

It is better to give your path to a dog than to be bitten by him, contesting for the right.

History is philosophy learned from examples.

Don't brood on what's past but never forget it either.

I have a very strong sense that we only know where we are by looking clearly at where we've come from.

Intellect is not speaking and logicising

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Anyone who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly realize what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents.

If he is superior then I would go home, for another day that is better.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.

When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home

nothing decorates a home like books. There they are, waiting to decorate the mind, too!

When you are philosophizing you have to descend into primeval chaos and feel at home there.

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

When you get older, if you are healthy, is not a problem. If you don't have the health, then you go home.