Wisdom Quotes · Page 48
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“Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared.”
“Learn the art of Silence; the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks.”
“Thou canst scarcely be truly wise till thou hast been deceived.”
“A Man often repents that he has spoken, but seldom that he has held his Tongue.”
“Thou may'st extract an Antidote out of a Viper, and Good out of an Enemy.”
“Content is the Philosopher's Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.”
“Wise Men learn by other Men's Harms ; Fools, by their own.”
“As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.”
“Clemency is the noblest trait Which can reveal a true monarch to the world.”
“Gold is a living god and rules in scorn, All earthly things but virtue.”
“Belief is involuntary; nothing involuntary is meritorious or reprehensible.”
“Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling like its own?”
“Kings are like stars — they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.”