Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [461-480] of 653 Wisdom quotesWisdom QuotesWisdom Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school. And the one man who dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.~ Plato Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.~ Plato Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.~ Titus Maccius Plautus No man is wise enough by himself.~ Titus Maccius Plautus Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.~ Titus Maccius Plautus What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.~ Plutarch The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.~ Plutarch A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.~ Alexander Pope Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.~ Alexander Pope You are not what you think you are; What you think – you are.~ Red Pritchard We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can make for us or spare us.~ Marcel Proust Observation, and not old age, brings wisdom.~ Proverb Outside noisy, inside empty.~ Chinese Proverb You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.~ Navajo Proverb To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation.~ Anthony Quayle Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.~ Marcus Fabius Quintilianus Let me explain this. There are, fundamentally, only two causes of the progress of the nineteenth century -- the same two causes which you will find at the root of any happy, benevolent, progressive era in human history. One cause is psychological, the other existential -- or: one pertains to man's consciousness, the other to the physical conditions of his existence. The first is reason, the second is freedom. And when I say "freedom," I do not mean poetic sloppiness, such as "freedom from want" or "freedom from fear" or "freedom from the necessity of earning a living." I mean "freedom from compulsion -- freedom from rule by physical force." Which means: political freedom. ~ Ayn Rand Restraint of government is the true liberty and freedom of the people.~ John P. Reid Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.~ Will Rogers I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father'. ~ Will Rogers Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print