“Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.”
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Wise Quotes — page 202 of 916
“Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.”
“If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.”
“The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery.”
“There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions, and the only woman on the list is Ingrid Bergman.”
“Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.”
“He that lives well, is learned enough.”
“As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.”
“To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.”
“The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.”
“We are convinced that the intelligent investor can derive satisfactory results from pricing of either type (market timing or fundamental analysis via price). We are equally sure that if he places his emphasis on timing, in the sense of forecasting, he will end up as a speculator and with a speculator's financial results." And "The speculator's primary interest lies in anticipating and profiting from market fluctuations. The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.”
“There are no ordinary feelings. Just as there are no ordinary spring days or kicked over cans of paint.”
“I think the press does, too; it's just the few crazies and paparazzi that give them a bad name. Real writers write good things. My daughter's a writer, and she's a quality writer.”
“Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.”
“The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention. Whatever you pay attention to will grow more important in your life. There is no limit to the kinds of changes that awareness can produce.”
“To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.”
“Honor must start in the heart, but if it ends there, it isn’t honor. Honor must be expressed through words, symbols, actions, or gestures. Honor is among the most incarnational of the virtues. It must have feet and hands.”
“Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.”
“Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.”
“Sound has spoiled the most ancient of the world's arts, the art of pantomime, and has canceled out the great beauty that is silence.”