wisdom Quotes

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.