“The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.”
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Wise Quotes — page 122 of 916
“Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.”
“Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.”
“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.”
“The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.”
“Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.”
“To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.”
“No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in its symmetry. All admit irregularity as they imply change; and to banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality. All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be Effort, and the law of human judgment, Mercy.”
“We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.”
“No individual rain drop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.”
“The smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they’d already solved. They’re open to new points of view, new information, new ideas, contradictions, and challenges to their own way of thinking.”
“He is exactly the poem I wanted to write.”
“He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.”
“What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?”
“A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.”
“He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture.”
“Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.”
“Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.”
“Do not be inaccessible. None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others. He is an incorrigible ass who will never listen to any one. Even the most surpassing intellect should find a place for friendly counsel. Sovereignty itself must learn to lean. There are some that are incorrigible simply because they are inaccessible: They fall to ruin because none dares to extricate them. The highest should have the door open for friendship; it may prove the gate of help. A friend must be free to advise, and even to upbraid, without feeling embarrassed.”
“And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.”