Quotes About Wisdom

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.

The fears of old age disturb us, yet how few attain it?

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

We believe no evil till the evil's done.

Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

He knows the universe, and himself he does not know.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; A wise enemy is worth more.

Nothing more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.

To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism -- this is the art of living.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

Il ouvre un large bec, laisse tomber sa proie. Le Renard s'en saisit, et dit : "Mon bon Monsieur, Apprenez que tout flatteur Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute : Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute.

Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami; Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.

Lai??ez dire les ?ots, le ?avoir a ?on prix.

Whoever has this Gnosis...takes what is his and restores it to himself. By Gnosis, a man knows 'whence he has come and whither he is going.

Cum reu?e?te adev?rul s? se desprind? din aparen?ele care îl ascund ?i totodat? îl constituie? Izbucne?te, într-o seara, cu brutalitate? Sau î?i croie?te drum încet în mintea oamenilor?

Mi s-a p?rut c? am în?eles, înc? din acea perioad?, c? oamenii, evenimentele, istoria sunt întotdeauna ambigui ?i c? acordul spiritelor este arareori altceva decât o neîn?elegere binecuvântat? de zei.

Nici inteligen?a, nici talentul, nici geniul nu l-au împiedicat vreodat? pe om s? se în?ele. Ba s-ar zice c?, din contr?, ele îl ajut? s? se cufunde ?i mai departe în ceea ce constituie profunzimea ?i sumbra str?lucire a r?t?cirii.