Philosophy & Thought: Wisdom Quotes

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"An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man"

Thomas More, Author

Thomas More

"There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row"

Golda Meir, Leader

Golda Meir

"Something is always simple, until you try it"

Craig Bruce, Writer

Craig Bruce

"Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves"

John Le Carre, Author

John Le Carre

"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose"

John Le Carre, Author

John Le Carre

"Never underestimate the power of a simple tool"

Craig Bruce, Writer

Craig Bruce

"Things always look better when you haven't seen them"

Craig Bruce, Writer

Craig Bruce

"Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains"

Democritus, Philosopher

Democritus

"Now, as of old, the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly"

Democritus, Philosopher

Democritus

"Men should strive to think much and know little"

Democritus, Philosopher

Democritus

"It is greed to do all the talking, but not to want to listen at all"

Democritus, Philosopher

Democritus

"It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new"

Democritus, Philosopher

Democritus

"Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss"

Democritus, Philosopher

Democritus

"Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action"

Thomas B. Macaulay, Historian

Thomas B. Macaulay

"A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures"

Alan Perlis, Scientist

Alan Perlis

"If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own"

Herodotus, Historian

Herodotus

"Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world"

Thomas B. Macaulay, Historian

Thomas B. Macaulay

"Nothing is so useless as a general maxim"

Thomas B. Macaulay, Historian

Thomas B. Macaulay

"Wisdom sails with wind and time"

John Florio, Writer

"In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool"

Lord Chesterfield, Statesman

Lord Chesterfield

"Men trust their ears less than their eyes"

Herodotus, Historian

Herodotus

"To think well, and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing"

Herodotus, Historian

Herodotus

"How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied"

Herodotus, Historian

Herodotus

"But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods"

Herodotus, Historian

Herodotus

"Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh"

Herodotus, Historian

Herodotus

"It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself"

Herodotus, Historian

Herodotus

"Force has no place where there is need of skill"

Herodotus, Historian

Herodotus

"Patience is the best medicine"

John Florio, Writer

"Night is the mother of thoughts"

John Florio, Writer

"Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

Edward Gibbon

"Style is the image of character"

Edward Gibbon, Historian

Edward Gibbon

"Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world"

Emma Goldman, Activist

Emma Goldman

"You must look into people as well as at them"

Lord Chesterfield, Statesman

Lord Chesterfield

"When a person is in fashion, all they do is right"

Lord Chesterfield, Statesman

Lord Chesterfield

"Take the tone of the company you are in"

Lord Chesterfield, Statesman

Lord Chesterfield

"Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it"

J. Robert Oppenheimer, Physicist

J. Robert Oppenheimer

"Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries"

J. Robert Oppenheimer, Physicist

J. Robert Oppenheimer

"When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice"

Saul Bellow, Novelist

Saul Bellow

"He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves"

Lord Chesterfield, Statesman

Lord Chesterfield

"Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners"

Lord Chesterfield, Statesman

Lord Chesterfield

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