wisdom Quotes

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

Success has always been a great liar.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed when it turns out in the end that he isn't.