“Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful.”
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Wise Quotes — page 133 of 916
“Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.”
“Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.”
“Man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild.”
“The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.”
“The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore, primarily a learning experience and less a punitive experience if appropriately dealt with.”
“It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes.”
“The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.”
“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.”
“Dreams are the touchstones of our character.”
“The basically simple things are best, whether it's automobiles or diets or philosophy.”
“Fortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.”
“Everyday we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read the lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty. Everyman, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths.”
“One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.”
“The human voice is the organ of the soul.”
“Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.”
“What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.”
“Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is a true proposition of the right of nations, which flattery has sometimes attacked but good princes have always defended as the tutelary divinity of their dominions. How much more legitimate is it to say with the wise Plato, that the perfect felicity of a kingdom consists in the obedience of subjects to their prince, and of the prince to the laws, and in the laws being just and constantly directed to the public good!”
“What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy - they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.”
“Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.”