“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
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Wise Quotes — page 115 of 916
“Men willingly believe what they wish.”
“The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd consider those who are not of this excellent bodily condition to be unable to take care of themselves.”
“It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless.”
“There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.”
“Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.”
“It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.”
“Everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait.”
“Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor of it, But why not begin on yourself? From a purely selfish standpoint, that is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others - yes, and a lot less dangerous.”
“It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.”
“You will learn most things by looking, but reading gives understanding. Reading will make you free.”
“The beauty of truth: whether it is bad or good, it is liberating.”
“Elegance is not an outer quality, but a part of the soul that is visible to others.”
“Management is not being brilliant. Management is being conscientious.”
“The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing.”
“Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.”
“No man can rule the unruly until he first rules himself.”
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.”
“We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore it is wise to be as clear as possible about one's subjective principles. As the man is, so will be his ultimate truth.”
“Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.”