“O mortal men, be wary of how ye judge.”
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Wise Quotes — page 166 of 916
“Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all”
“Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.”
“A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.”
“Persuasion is often more effectual than force.”
“It is with our Passions, as it is with Fire and Water, they are 'Good Servants,' but 'Bad Masters.'”
“The wise man’s home is the universe.”
“What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”
“The single most important advice I can give anybody is: Learn from your mistakes. That is the only way to become a successful trader.”
“So great is the effect of cleanliness upon man, that it extends even to his moral character. Virtue never dwelt long with filth; nor do I believe there ever was a person scrupulously: attentive to cleanliness, who was a consummate villain.”
“One of the things my mother taught me when I was a child was just keep your eye on the prize and as long as you feel that you're right with your creator and you're right yourself, then other people's opinions really don't matter.”
“Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.”
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.”
“Berkshire's whole record has been achieved without paying one ounce of attention to the efficient market theory in its hard form. And not one ounce of attention to the descendants of that idea, which came out of academic economics and went into corporate finance and morphed into such obscenities as the capital asset pricing model, which we also paid no attention to. I think you'd have to believe in the tooth fairy to believe that you could easily outperform the market by seven-percentage points per annum just by investing in high volatility stocks.”
“I'm right, and you're smart, and sooner or later you'll see I'm right.”
“If your work is so smart that only smart people get it, it's not that smart.”
“These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.”
“A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias. The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side.”
“When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.”
“When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.”