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Wisdom Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
- Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
- Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
- Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and is lending oneself to the universal illusion without becoming its dupe.
- The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be…
- I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so…
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- 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