Quotes About Wisdom

I came by my decrepitude the hard way and I propose to enjoy it.

Sit back down—and for God's sake quit trying to be as nasty as I am; you don't have my years of practice.

Congratulations! A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom.

that there was never a girl born who ever grew older than eighteen in her heart . . . no matter what the merciless hours have done.

Becky Vesey always gave good advice and she gave it with great conviction because she always believed it.

The fact that Ben retained Cavendish shows how seriously he took the matter; you don't hunt rabbits with an elephant gun.

the trouble with "lessons from history" is that we usually read them best after falling flat on our chins.

Congratulations! A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom." "You

Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ignorance and he saw no point in "measurements" when he did not know what he was measuring.

Basic truths cannot change and once a man of insight expresses one of them it is never necessary, no matter how much the world changes, to reformulate them.

BaÅŸkalar?n?n iÅŸine burnunu sokmamak insan?n sahip olabileceÄŸi bilgeliÄŸin yüzde seksenidir... kalan yüzde yirmi de pek önemli deÄŸildir zaten.

A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom . . . and the other twenty percent isn't very important.

But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required, too, for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom invariably accomplishes evil.

One more point. The aspect of Venus is most favorable and potentially dominant over that of Mars. Venus symbolizes yourself, of course, but Mars is both your husband and young Smith—as a result of the unique circumstances of his birth. This throws a double burden on you and you must rise to the challenge; you must demonstrate those qualities calm wisdom and restraint which are peculiarly those of woman.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me

It does not pay a prophet to be too specific." —L. Sprague de Camp

Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything, and he puts the pieces together.

Once can lead a child to knowledge but one cannot make him think.

Pop, who maintained that a wise man could not be insulted, since truth could not insult and untruth was not worthy of notice.

Minnet, diÅŸ bilemenin edepli halidir.

My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards'.

Marriage is a young man's disaster and an old man's comfort." He

We necessarily sift a great many pebbles, much sand, for each nugget—but the nuggets

intelligence" in the military meaning; a man in a suit can be just as stupid as anybody else—only he had better not be)