“Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.”
Wise feeling
Wise Quotes — page 53 of 916
“Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.”
“Truthfulness is the main element of character.”
“I am only interested in the views of two people: one is called Bresson and one called Bergman.”
“It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.”
“England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.”
“Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends.”
“Real eyes, realize, real lies.”
“Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today.”
“Landscape is to American painting what sex and psychoanalysis are to the American novel.”
“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”
“What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that, you have lost everything.”
“If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
“I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.”
“The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.”
“A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.”
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
“I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to or play the music of any one composer during all that time, that composer would almost certainly be Bach. I really can’t think of any other music which is so all-encompassing, which moves me so deeply and so consistently, and which, to use a rather imprecise word, is valuable beyond all of its skill and brilliance for something more meaningful than that — its humanity.”
“Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.”