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Wisdom Quotes by Ibn Hazm
- We should think of those who were famous for their good deeds or their bad deeds; did their fame raise them one single degree in…
- Truthfulness is composed of justice and courage.
- If you are proud of your descent from virtuous ancestors, how empty their virtue will leave your hands if you yourself are not virtuous. How…
- Anyone who rises above the things of this world, to which you kneel, is mightier than you.
- If there is someone in need whom you wish to help, whether the initiative came from him or from you, do no more than he…
- Two kinds of people live a life without care: one kind are extremely worthy of praise, the other kind are extremely worthy of criticism. The…
- Knowledge no longer exists if one has ignored the attributes of the Almighty Great Creator.
- The wise man knows the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise.
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