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Wisdom Quotes · Page 8
Glean insights from the greatest minds in history with timeless wisdom quotes. From Socrates to modern sages, these words offer guidance for living well.
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“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”
“By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go.”
“The more prohibitions that are imposed on people, the poorer the people become.”
“Therefore the Sage embraces the One, and becomes the model of the world.”
“The sage wears coarse clothing over his shoulders, but carries jade within his bosom.”
“Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.”
“I want to know whether I can live with what I know and with that alone.”
“A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.”
“A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists.”
“Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.”
“Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.”
“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride.”
“Truth will be Truth tho' it sometimes prove mortifying and distasteful.”
“A great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges.”
“Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you.”
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