Wisdom Quote by Joseph Conrad Download Open image “Any fool can carry on, but only the wise man knows how to shorten sail.” — Joseph Conrad ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Wisdom Wise man
Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Any fool can steer a ship, sir. Its just knowing where to take it. — Philip Martin Brown Copy Share Image
The fool doesn't think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. — Babloo Copy Share Image
The fool don't think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool. — Michael Reed Copy Share Image
“Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The good author is he who contemplates without marked joy or excessive sorrow the adventures of his soul amongst criticisms. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“A fool, what with sheer fright and fine sentiments, is always safe.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“The mind of man is capable of anything-because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Perhaps on some quiet night the tremor of far-off drums, sinking, swelling, a tremor vast, faint; a sound weird, appealing, suggestive and wild -… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“All that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest, in the jungles, in the hearts of wild men.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Thieving was not a sheer absurdity. It was a form of human industry, perverse indeed, but still an industry exercised in an industrious world;… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
No judge can stop us from praying for our country and I pray that on May 6, millions of Americans will join me in… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
“Your mind has the intellect to lift the world, your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“But I’ve developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
If I meet a wise person, I think, 'Yes, tell me more about parenting, about marriage, about how to stay in love. Tell me… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
