Philosophy & Thought: Wisdom Quotes

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"Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

Albert Einstein

"The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

George Bernard Shaw

"All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination"

Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader

Napoleon Bonaparte

"Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites"

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

Anthony J. D'Angelo

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom!"

Plato, Philosopher

Plato

"The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind"

William Blake, Poet

William Blake

"The eye altering, alters all"

William Blake, Poet

William Blake

"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees"

William Blake, Poet

William Blake

"Speech is the mirror of the soul"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

Publilius Syrus

"Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else"

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poet

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

"There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart"

Charles Dickens, Novelist

Charles Dickens

"He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years"

Thomas Carlyle, Writer

Thomas Carlyle

"Never complain and never explain"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

Benjamin Disraeli

"Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

Desiderius Erasmus

"The eyes have one language everywhere"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them"

Epictetus, Philosopher

Epictetus

"I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French"

Charles de Gaulle, Leader

Charles de Gaulle

"The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

Marcus Aurelius

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook"

William James, Philosopher

William James

"We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror"

Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist

Marshall McLuhan

"Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths"

Elizabeth I, Royalty

Elizabeth I

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"

Jonathan Swift, Writer

Jonathan Swift

"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself"

Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher

Søren Kierkegaard

"Big doors swing on little hinges"

W. Clement Stone, Businessman

W. Clement Stone

"Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing"

Bill Cosby, Comedian

Bill Cosby

"Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians"

Muhammad Iqbal, Poet

Muhammad Iqbal

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye"

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Novelist

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be"

Virgil, Writer

"Defense is superior to opulence"

Adam Smith, Economist

Adam Smith

"Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no"

J. R. R. Tolkien, Novelist

J. R. R. Tolkien

"The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything"

Clarence Darrow, Lawyer

Clarence Darrow

"Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide"

John Dryden, Poet

John Dryden

"Nothing is said that has not been said before"

Terence, Playwright

Terence

"Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye"

William Gibson, Writer

"If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst"

Thomas Hardy, Novelist

Thomas Hardy

"A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet"

Truman Capote, Novelist

Truman Capote

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