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Wisdom Quotes by Tryon Edwards
- Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all…
- Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.
- Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.
- Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.
- Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom of the…
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- 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
- Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of… — Frederick Lenz
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. — Paulo Coelho
- Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey. — Unknown Author
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle