“Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.”
Wisdom Quotes · Page 28
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“Instruct thine eyes to keep their colours true, And tell thy soul, their roots are left in mine.”
“Perhaps the cup was broken here, That Heaven's new wine might show more clear.”
“Resist beginnings; the remedy comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays.”
“You can hire logic, in the shape of a lawyer, to prove anything that you want to prove.”
“The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.”
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer.”
“A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.”
“It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
“Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.”
“No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, / Who's made the master of his destiny.”
“Only through Beauty's morning gate, dost thou enter the land of Knowledge.”
“God deliver us all from prejudice and unkindness, and fill us with the love of truth and virtue.”
“Its noblest influence consists in making us more and more partakers of the Divinity.”
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”
“Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Be worthy of the entire confidence of your associates.”
“He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may.”
“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, / Or what's a heaven for?”
“Fail I alone, in words and deeds? / Why, all men strive and who succeeds?”
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