“Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.”
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Wise Quotes — page 180 of 916
“Between us, we cover all knowledge; he knows all that can be known and I know the rest.”
“All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal, valuable knowledge. The theological knowledge which they conceal cannot justly be regarded as less valuable than that which they reveal. That is, when a man is buying a basket of strawberries it can profit him to know that the bottom half of it is rotten.”
“If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If its marketed right, you'll buy it. But... If its real... you'll feel it.”
“I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the discipline, the sensations, but chiefly the opportunity to think clearly, to try to understand things.”
“Initial response illustrates a great deal about someone's personal philosophy.”
“The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.”
“Sincerity is not a test of truth. We must not make this mistake: He must be right; he's so sincere. Because, it is possible to be sincerely wrong. We can only judge truth by truth and sincerity by sincerity.”
“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.”
“Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.”
“I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers.. I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a wise man once said: "An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors; and we expect you to point them out when we miss them.”
“With books we stand on the shoulders of giants.”
“No wise man ever wished to be younger.”
“Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen”
“You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.”
“He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.”
“Workflow is understanding your job, understanding your tools, and then not thinking about it any more.”
“History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.”
“A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.”
“The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone's not true with themselves.”