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William Shakespeare
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
Socrates
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Albert Einstein
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
Paulo Coelho
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
Confucious
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; a...
Maurice Switzer
“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
Langston Hughes
“Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.”
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
Rumi
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
Leo Tolstoy
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
Mark Twain
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
John Lennon
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
“Never laugh at live dragons.”
Patrick Rothfuss
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
Aristotle
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through...
Fran Lebowitz
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
Jane Austen
“Angry people are not always wise.”
Marcus Aurelius
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
