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Wisdom Quotes · Page 7
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“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
“Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to characterize our age.”
“It is easier to denature plutonium than it is to denature the evil spirit of man.”
“Blind obedience to authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
“I decline utterly to be impartial as between the fire brigade and the fire.”
“The Times is speechless, and takes three columns to express its speechlessness.”
“But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!”
“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
“So long as thou feelest the stars as an "above thee", thou lackest the eye of the discerning one.”
“It was subtle of God to learn Greek when he wished to become an author—and not to learn it better.”
“The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech.”
“If the people have no faith in their rulers, there is no standing for the state.”
“The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.”
“In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man.”
“Thirty spokes unite at the single hub; it is the empty space which makes the wheel useful.”
“The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand.”