Wisdom Quotes

"Vanity and pride are different things."

"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."

"Better to be without sense than to misapply it as you do."

"The more I live, the more I realize that I understand nothing."

"In this world we must learn to accept the inevitable."

"The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life."

"We cannot live only for ourselves."

"All sorrows are bearable if there is bread."

"Wit and prudence are the two pillars of the temple of virtue."

"Is there anything more delightful to a well-ordered mind than the practice of virtue?"

"It is often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness, though the results are much the same."

"Men are not evil, they are simply asleep."

"I know the price of the stars."

"It does not do to impose too much on yourself."

"I am perfectly aware of his defects."

"Suffering and pain are always obligatory for a large intelligence and a deep heart."

"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another."

"The only true knowledge is in knowing you know nothing."

"The poor man's riches are his virtue."

"Sacrifice without purpose is merely destruction."

"In loss, we often find the greatest gain of wisdom."

"Men are always in a hurry; they have no time to think"

"He had learned that passion is not love"

"The conventions we follow often blind us to what is real"

"The heart's desire and duty's call are often in conflict"

"He realized that suffering can be a path to wisdom"

"Fortune may be blind, but she is not deaf to our complaints."

"The envious man torments himself as much as he does his neighbor."

"To sleep is to die; therefore, the vigilant live longest."

"A closed mouth catches no flies."