Philosophy & Thought: Wisdom Quotes

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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

Bert Lance, Politician

Bert Lance

"What is fame? An empty bubble; Gold? A transient, shining trouble"

James Grainger, Poet

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within"

Ariel Durant, Author

"While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection"

Amartya Sen, Philosopher

Amartya Sen

"Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

"If a woman possesses manly virtues, one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them, she runs away from herself"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

Oscar Wilde

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

Oscar Wilde

"Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"Mind your speech a little, lest you should mar your fortunes"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"But men are men; the best sometimes forget"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Better is the enemy of good"

Voltaire, Writer

Voltaire

"Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life"

Voltaire, Writer

Voltaire

"Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?"

Voltaire, Writer

Voltaire

"To see things in the seed, that is genius"

Lao Tzu, Author

"One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

Albert Einstein

"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

Albert Einstein

"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

Albert Einstein

"When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees"

Abraham Lincoln, President

Abraham Lincoln

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt"

Abraham Lincoln, President

Abraham Lincoln

"Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"He that lives upon hope will die fasting"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"He that's secure is not safe"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"He that won't be counseled can't be helped"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"Beauty and folly are old companions"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"A person hears only what they understand"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

Winston Churchill

"Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest"

Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader

Napoleon Bonaparte

"It requires more courage to suffer than to die"

Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader

Napoleon Bonaparte

"A Constitution should be short and obscure"

Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader

Napoleon Bonaparte

"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit"

Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader

Napoleon Bonaparte

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