Advantage Quote by Thomas Hobbes

By how much one man has more experience of things past, than another, by so much also he is more prudent, and his expectations…

— Thomas Hobbes

A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“A prudent man will always try to follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been truly outstanding, so that,…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Young men, I beseech you earnestly, beware of pride. Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world- one is a…

— Anonymous

“The nobler and more perfect a thing is, the later and slower is it in reaching maturity. Man reaches the maturity of his reasoning…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.

— Lord Acton

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

— Voltaire

The old man, of whom we know how he has become what he is, is more of an individual than the young man; for…

— Erich Auerbach

Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.

— Soren Kierkegaard

He hazardeth much who depends for his learning on experience. An unhappy master, he that is only made wise by many shipwrecks; a miserable…

— Roger Ascham

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

— William Penn

He who is honest in his dealings simply because of the social prestige and position it secures will never develop his higher nature, but…

— David Josiah Brewer