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Quotes About Insight

men ought ever to desire to be served by one who has reaped experience at the expense of others.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Machiavelli was undoubtedly a man of great observation, acuteness, and industry; noting with appreciative eye whatever passed before him, and with his supreme literary gift turning it to account in his enforced retirement from affairs.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Ci sono uomini che sanno tutto, peccato che questo è tutto quello che sanno.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
There are actually three kinds of mind: one kind grasps things unaided, the second sees what another has grasped, the third grasps nothing and sees nothing. The first kind is extremely valuable, the second valuable, the third useless.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
People in general judge more by the eyes than by the hands, for everyone can see, but few can feel. Everyone sees what you appear to be, few feel what you are.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
so one has to be a prince to get to know the character of a people and a man of the people to know the character of a prince.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Every one sees what you seem, but few know what you are ...
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
not restricting themselves to dealing with present threats but using every means at their disposal to foresee and forestall future problems as well. Seen in advance, trouble is easily dealt with; wait until it's on top of you and your reaction will come too late, the malaise is already irreversible.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Trzeba by? ksi?ciem, aby pozna? natur? ludu. Trzeba nale?e? do ludu, aby pozna? natur? ksi???t
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Todos ven lo que pareces ser, mas pocos saben lo que eres.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Z?o, poznane z daleka leczy si? szybko, lecz gdy wskutek tego, ?e nie zosta?o rozpoznane, pozwala si? na jego wzrost, tak ?e ka?dy je rozpozna, nie ma ju? lekarstwa
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Dobre rady powinny wynika? z m?dro?ci ksi?cia, a nie m?dro?? ksi?cia z dobrych rad
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Nas?l manzara resmi yapanlar, daÄŸlar?n ve yüksek yerlerin yap?s?n? gözlemlemek için ovada alçak bir konumda duruyor ve alçak yerlerin yap?s?n? gözlemlemek için daÄŸlar?n tepesine ç?k?yorlarsa, ayn? ÅŸekilde, halklar?n yap?s?n? iyi tan?mak için prens olmak ve prenslerin yap?s?n? iyi tan?mak için de halktan birisi olmak gerekir.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Cada uno ve lo que pareces ser; pero pocos comprenden lo que eres realmente
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
One Must Be A Fox In Order To Recognize Traps, And A Lion To Frighten Off Wolves
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Ognuno vede quello che tu pari, pochi sentono quello che tu se
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
expression, zeh kanah hokhmah, literally, "this one has acquired wisdom.
~ Nicholas Delbanco
Observation precedes vision.
~ Nicholas Fox Weber
For Josef, the goal of art was to reveal new ways of seeing, "to open eyes.
~ Nicholas Fox Weber
My father would say 'I think the trouble is that they don't have the ability to see just what it is they are doing.' I would say 'Is that difficult?' My father would laugh and say 'Yes, it's difficult.
~ Nicholas Mosley
They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it
~ Nicholas Sparks
It all made perfect sense, and at the same time, nothing seemed to make sense at all.
~ Nicholas Sparks
At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it...
~ Nicholas Sparks