Quotes About Insight

The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.

..... it would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and draws all sorts of conclusions.

passion can blind even those who are ordinarily the most clear-headed.

misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect.

Besides, we feel always a sort of mental superiority over those whose lives we know better than they suppose.

apprendre n'est pas savoir; il y a les sachants et les savants : c'est la mémoire qui fait les uns, c'est la philosophie qui fait les autres. (p. 183)

Before we are alarmed, we see correctly; when we are alarmed, we see double; and when we have been alarmed, we see nothing but trouble.

If one's lot is cast among fools, it is necessary to study folly.

Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state of freedom, have evaporated in a thousand follies; misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect. Compression is needed to explode gunpowder.

Misfortune is needed to plumb certain mysterious depths in the understanding of men.

Il faut le malheur pour creuser certaines mines mystérieuses cachées dans l'intelligence humaine. (p. 174)

Aika tuo selvyyttä. Asiat, jotka vielä eilen näyttivät hämäriltä, ovatkin huomenna päivänselviä.

Before one is afraid, one sees clearly; while one is afraid, one sees double; and after being afraid, one sees dimly. Danglars

Înainte de a-È›i fi fric?, vezi just; când È›i-e fric?, vezi dublu; iar dup? ce È›i-a fost fric?, vezi tulbure.

Leren is nog geen weten. Er zijn weters en er zijn geleerden. Het geheugen maakt de eerste soort, de wijsheid de tweede.

Entonces aquel escrito acusador que había visto en poder de Villefort, y que había tenido en sus manos, se representaba en su imaginación; cada línea se le aparecía iluminada en la pared como el Mane, Tecel

Precisamos da desgraça para escavar certas minas misteriosas escondidas na inteligência humana; precisamos da pressão para fazer a pólvora explodir.

Avant d'avoir peur, on voit juste ; pendant qu'on a peur, on voit double ; et après qu'on a eu peur, on voit trouble.

Une illusion de moins, c'est une vérité de plus.

Only a weak spirit sees everything from behind a dark veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is overcast, and that is why the sky seems stormy to you.

Ci vuole la sciagura per scavare certe miniere misteriose nascoste nell'intelligenza umana; ci vuole la pressione per far esplodere la polvere.

Apprendere non vuol dire sapere; vi sono i sapienti e i savi. È la memoria che fa gli uni, è la filosofia che fa gli altri».

Nothing inspires a man like a solid argument

Misfortune is sometimes needed to plumb certain understandings of the actions of man.