reflection Quotes

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.