“A man's power and intelligence are limited. He who wants to do everything will never do anything.”
Wisdom Quotes · Page 77
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“A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning.”
“Ten thousand airplanes built in time are better than fifty thousand after the battle.”
“I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.”
“A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different.”
“Civilisation wins because it is a world-wide league; its enemies fail because they are parochial.”
“Though nature is wasteful of material things, there is no waste of spirit.”
“Truth's like a dollar-piece, it's got two sides, and both are wanted to make it good currency.”
“There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.”
“He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.”
“We had our pride shattered, and without humility there can be no humanity.”
“Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod? / Or Love in a golden bowl?”
“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
“Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.”
“Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius.”
“A truth that's told with bad intent / Beats all the lies you can invent.”
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet; / This is not done by jostling in the street.”
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