The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and read more

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do.

To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do.

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.

But these are foolish things to all the wise,
And I love wisdom more than she loves me;
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But these are foolish things to all the wise,
And I love wisdom more than she loves me;
My tendency is to philosophise
On most things, from a tyrant to a tree;
But still the spouseless virgin Knowledge flies,
What are we? and whence come we? what shall be
Our ultimate existence? What's our present?
Are questions answerless, and yet incessant.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart
of fools is in the read more

The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart
of fools is in the house of mirth.