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Wisdom Quotes by Alexandre Dumas
- The mother is only really the mistress of her daughter upon the condition of continually representing herself to her as a model of wisdom and…
- There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt…
- So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: 'Perhaps!
- Darling, replied Valentine, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words,- "Wait and hope"?
- There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt…
- Tell the angel who will watch over your life to pray now and then for a man who, like Satan, believed himself for an instant…
- All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.
More Wisdom Quotes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold