“A king is the first servant and first magistrate of the state.”
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Wise Quotes — page 199 of 916
“A photographer who wants to see....must recognize the value of the familiar. Your ability to see is not increased by the distance you put between yourself and your home. If you do not see what is all around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers?....Good seeing doesn't ensure good photographs, but good photographic expression is impossible without it.”
“It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.”
“Here is a golden Rule.... Write legibly. The average temper of the human race would be perceptibly sweetened, if everybody obeyedthis Rule!”
“There is absolutely nothing you can learn out of one bllodeshot eye.”
“Life is an art we are required to practice without preparation, a score that we play at sight even before we have mastered our instruments.”
“No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.”
“Metaphor is no argument, though it be sometimes the gunpowder to drive one home, and imbed it in the memory.”
“Every time you write a poem it’s apocalyptic. You’re revealing who you really are to yourself.”
“Knowledge and understanding are life's faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff; and when they are with you, you can possess no greater treasures.”
“It is wiser to find out than to suppose.”
“Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.”
“Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.”
“Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.”
“Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.”
“Do you not know...that a child badly taught is farther from being wise than one not taught at all?”
“Count the cost first. Don’t pay too big a price for pursuing minor values.”
“The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, 'Me, too!' versus 'So what?'”
“Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.”
“If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.”